Bill Text: GA SR1444 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Reform of Teachers/Administrators' Rights and Responsibilities; create Senate Study Committee
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-13 - Senate Read and Referred [SR1444 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-SR1444-Introduced.html
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Senate
Resolution 1444
By:
Senators Ramsey, Sr. of the 43rd, Weber of the 40th, Henson of the 41st and Fort
of the 39th
A
RESOLUTION
Creating
the Senate Study Committee on Reform of Teachers/Administrators' Rights and
Responsibilities; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
teachers are the cornerstone of a child's education in our public school system;
and
WHEREAS,
the interests of effectively educating students by good teachers must be weighed
against the ability to discipline or terminate ineffective or insubordinate
teachers if necessary; and
WHEREAS,
under current law (O.C.G.A. Sections 20-2-940 and 20-2-942) teachers are
afforded certain procedural rights and protections relating to termination or
suspension of a contract of employment and disciplinary matters;
and
WHEREAS,
in recent years, various legislation has been introduced to establish a Bill of
Rights for teachers in order to establish certain protections for teachers
relating to control over their classrooms, procedural requirements for
disciplinary hearings, and other rights, none of which such legislation has been
enacted into law to date; and
WHEREAS,
it would be beneficial to examine current laws relating to fair dismissal
rights, discipline of teachers, a local superintendent's ability to temporarily
suspend a teacher, and rights of teachers, including the right to remove a
student from a classroom, right to file a grievance, right to evaluate
administrators, right to participate in an annual evaluation; and due process
rights relating to disciplinary hearings to determine whether legislative
changes should be recommended to clarify, revise, or expand such rights and
procedural requirements.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that there is created the Senate Study
Committee on Reform of Teachers/Administrators' Rights and Responsibilities to
be composed of five members of the Senate to be appointed by the President of
the Senate. The President of the Senate shall designate a member of the
committee as chairperson of the committee. The chairperson shall call all
meetings of the committee.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the committee shall undertake a study of the above
issues and recommend any actions or legislation that the committee deems
necessary or appropriate. The committee may conduct such meetings at such
places and at such times as it may deem necessary or convenient to enable it to
exercise fully and effectively its powers, perform its duties, and accomplish
the objectives and purposes of this resolution. The members of the committee
shall receive the allowances authorized for legislative members of interim
legislative committees but shall receive the same for not more than five days
unless additional days are authorized. The funds necessary to carry out the
provisions of this resolution shall come from the funds appropriated to the
Senate. In the event that the committee makes a report of its findings and
recommendations with suggestions for proposed legislation, if any, such report
shall be made on or before December 31, 2010. The committee shall stand
abolished on December 31, 2010.
