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GA SB357
Bill
Status
Engrossed
2/29/2016
Primary Sponsor
Michael Williams
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AI Summary
- Requires each local board of education to create its own code of conduct and conflict of interest policy, replacing previous language that members should simply abide by a model code
- Prohibits any local board code of conduct or conflict of interest policy from interfering with a member's right to free speech under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and Article I, Section I, Paragraph V of the Georgia Constitution
- Expands the stated purpose of school board service to include effective representation of parents' and other constituents' interests on the local school board, and adds goals of enabling students to fulfill their "God-given potential" and equipping them for "full citizenship in our constitutional republic"
- Removes language characterizing school board service as different from other elected offices where the primary duty is to represent constituent views
- Updates eligibility requirements so that candidates for local board of education must read and agree to abide by the code of ethics and conflict of interest provisions established for their specific local board, rather than a statewide standard
Legislative Description
Education; local board education members; revise provisions relating to standards
Last Action
House Second Readers
3/7/2016
Full Bill Text
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