Bill Text: GA SB38 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Education; authority for the State School Superintendent to employ and dismiss employees
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2012-05-03 - Veto V 1 [SB38 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-SB38-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Education; authority for the State School Superintendent to employ and dismiss employees
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2012-05-03 - Veto V 1 [SB38 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-SB38-Comm_Sub.html
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The
House Committee on Education offers the following substitute to SB
38:
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for authority for the
State School Superintendent to set the agenda for board meetings; to provide for
authority for the State School Superintendent to employ and dismiss employees;
to revise a provision relating to contracting authority of the State School
Superintendent; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and
for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Chapter
2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary
and secondary education, is amended in Code Section 20-2-5.2, relating to
elections of the chairperson and other officers of the State Board of Education,
by revising as follows:
"20-2-5.2.
The
State Board of Education shall elect a chairperson and such other officers it
may deem appropriate. The term of the chairperson shall be fixed by the state
board. The chairperson shall preside at meetings of the state
board, set
the agenda for the state board, and
perform such other duties as required by the state board.
The State
School Superintendent shall set the agenda for the meetings of the state
board. The chairperson is authorized,
after a reasonable attempt at consultation with the State School Superintendent,
to require any employee of the Department of Education to furnish information or
perform functions for the state board."
SECTION
2.
Said
chapter is further amended by revising Code Section 20-2-11, relating to
budgets, supervision of the Department of Education, and funds for the state
office, as follows:
"20-2-11.
The
State Board of Education shall prepare and submit to the Governor and General
Assembly an estimate of the funds necessary for the operation of the state
public school system. It shall have general supervision of the Department of
Education
and may
delegate to the State School Superintendent the authority to employ and dismiss
such clerical employees, supervisors, administrators, and other employees who
are members of the classified service under Article 1 of Chapter 20 of Title 45
as may be necessary for the efficient operation of the Department of
Education. It shall set aside the
necessary funds for the maintenance of the office of the department and the
State School Superintendent, the amount and sufficiency of such funds to be in
the discretion of the state board, such funds to be disbursed by the
superintendent in the payment of salaries and travel expenses of employees and
for printing, communication, equipment, repairs, and other expenses incidental
to the operation of the department."
SECTION
3.
Said
chapter is further amended in Code Section 20-2-241, relating to the State
School Superintendent, by revising subsection (b) and (c) as
follows:
"(b)
The State School Superintendent shall have the
sole
authority to employ
persons to
serve in the five senior staff positions within the Department of
Education
and dismiss
such clerical employees, supervisors, administrators, and other employees as may
be necessary for the efficient operation of the Department of
Education.
(c)
The State School Superintendent shall have the authority to enter into contracts
for the amount of
$50,000.00
$250,000.00
or less on behalf of the Department of Education."
SECTION
4.
Said
chapter is further amended in Code Section 20-2-302, relating to funds for the
operation of schools for deaf and blind persons, by revising subsection (c) as
follows:
"(c)
The State
Board of Education may delegate to the
State School Superintendent
shall
have the
sole
authority to employ and dismiss employees at the state schools for the deaf and
blind."
SECTION
5.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.