Georgia Senate - 1995/1996 Sessions

SR 25 - Schools Without 50% Passing Students - mgmt., control

Page Numbers - 1/ 2/ 3

1. Newbill  56th          2. Glanton  34th           3. Gochenour  27th


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             1/10/95   Read 1st time                                                                
             2/7/95    Favorably Reported                                                           
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             1/8/96    Committed                                                                    
             1/8/96    Read 3rd Time                                                                
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SR 25 95                                          LC 11 8457

      SENATE RESOLUTION 25

      By:  Senators Newbill of the 56th, Glanton of the 34th,
           Gochenour of the 27th and others

                             A RESOLUTION

  1- 1  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide
  1- 2  for the management and control over schools which do not
  1- 3  achieve a minimum passing level of 50 percent of the
  1- 4  eligible students having taken the examination required for
  1- 5  graduation to be acquired by the state, an institution of
  1- 6  higher education, or a private educational enterprise, at
  1- 7  the discretion of the Governor; to provide for the
  1- 8  submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection;
  1- 9  and for other purposes.

  1-10       BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1-11  Article VIII, Section V, Paragraph II of the Constitution is
  1-12  amended by striking in its entirety Paragraph II, which
  1-13  reads as follows:

  1-14      "Paragraph II. Boards of education. Each school system
  1-15    shall be under the management and control of a board of
  1-16    education, the members of which shall be elected as
  1-17    provided by law.  School board members shall reside within
  1-18    the territory embraced by the school system and shall have
  1-19    such compensation and additional qualifications as may be
  1-20    provided by law.  Any board of education to which the
  1-21    members are appointed as of December 31, 1992, shall
  1-22    continue as an appointed board of education through
  1-23    December 31, 1993, and the appointed members of such board
  1-24    of education who are in office on December 31, 1992, shall
  1-25    continue in office as members of such appointed board
  1-26    until December 31, 1993, on which date the terms of office
  1-27    of all appointed members shall end.",

  1-28  and inserting instead a new Paragraph II to read as follows:

  1-29      "Paragraph II. Boards of education. (a) Except as
  1-30    otherwise provided in this Paragraph, each school system
  1-31    shall be under the management and control of a board of
  1-32    education, the members of which shall be elected as
  1-33    provided by law.  School board members shall reside within
  1-34    the territory embraced by the school system and shall have


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  2- 1    such compensation and additional qualifications as may be
  2- 2    provided by law.

  2- 3      (b) The General Assembly shall by law provide for the
  2- 4    management and control of any school which does not
  2- 5    achieve a minimum passing level of 50 percent of the
  2- 6    eligible students having taken the examination required
  2- 7    for graduation as provided by law.  Management and control
  2- 8    over such schools shall be, at the discretion of the
  2- 9    Governor, acquired exclusively by the state, an
  2-10    institution of higher education, or a private educational
  2-11    enterprise.

  2-12      (c) The General Assembly shall by law provide that,
  2-13    prior to the acquisition of any school as provided in
  2-14    subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph, local boards of
  2-15    education shall draft plans of remediation, subject to the
  2-16    review and approval of the State Department of Education,
  2-17    which will address specific academic deficiencies.  Such
  2-18    remedial plans shall be controlling for two years.
  2-19    Schools which continue not to achieve the minimum passing
  2-20    level of 50 percent after the expiration of two years
  2-21    shall be acquired as provided in subparagraph (b) of this
  2-22    Paragraph.  Management and control of such schools may be
  2-23    returned to local boards of education after the expiration
  2-24    of two successful years of operation."

                         SECTION 2.

  2-25  The above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be
  2-26  published and submitted as provided in Article X, Section I,
  2-27  Paragraph II of the Constitution.

  2-28  The ballot submitting the above proposed amendment shall
  2-29  have written or printed thereon the following:

  2-30    "(  ) YES Shall the Constitution be amended so as to
  2-31              provide for the management and control of
  2-32     (  ) NO  schools which do not achieve a minimum passing
  2-33              level of 50 percent of the eligible students
  2-34              having taken the examination required for
  2-35              graduation to be acquired by the state, an
  2-36              institution of higher education, or a private
  2-37              educational enterprise, at the discretion of
  2-38              the Governor?"

  2-39  All persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the
  2-40  proposed amendment shall vote "Yes."  All persons desiring



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  3- 1  to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote
  3- 2  "No."

  3- 3  If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said
  3- 4  Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the
  3- 5  Constitution of this state.










































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