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HR 329 - House Study Committee on School Support Personnel; create

Howard, Henry L (118th)	Parham, Bobby E (122nd)	Royal, A. Richard (164th)
Shanahan, Tom E (10th)	Jamieson, Mary Jeanette (22nd)	Porter, DuBose (143rd)

Status Summary	HC:	Rules	SC:		FR:	02/17/99	LA:	02/22/99	H - Read 2nd Time

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A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on School Support Personnel; and for other purposes.

HR 329                                             LC 24 1369 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                             A RESOLUTION 
 
  1- 1  Creating the House Study Committee on School Support 
  1- 2  Personnel; and for other purposes. 
 
  1- 3  WHEREAS, the local public school systems in Georgia receive 
  1- 4  vital support services from a variety of personnel, 
  1- 5  including the school nutritionists and food service 
  1- 6  employees, school bus drivers, and school maintenance staff; 
  1- 7  and 
 
  1- 8  WHEREAS, Georgia's School Nutrition Program ranks third 
  1- 9  nationally in terms of the level of student participation 
  1-10  and demonstrates the critical need for well managed school 
  1-11  breakfast, lunch, and special milk programs in Georgia's 
  1-12  public schools; and 
 
  1-13  WHEREAS, Georgia's bus drivers perform a vital function in 
  1-14  transporting our children safely to their respective schools 
  1-15  180 days a year, and these drivers are often subject to 
  1-16  inclement weather, hazardous highway construction and 
  1-17  congestion, and passenger emergencies and distractions; and 
 
  1-18  WHEREAS, the maintenance employees of public schools provide 
  1-19  emergency support to the local schools in addition to 
  1-20  ensuring that the physical plant at each school is operating 
  1-21  safely and receives regular maintenance; and 
 
  1-22  WHEREAS, a thorough investigation of the mission and scope 
  1-23  of the responsibilities of these support personnel needs to 
  1-24  be conducted to determine the need for additional 
  1-25  qualifications, training, and review among these different 
  1-26  employee groups and to evaluate the compensation and 
  1-27  benefits structure currently applicable in most local school 
  1-28  systems. 
 
  1-29  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF 
  1-30  REPRESENTATIVES that there is created the House Study 
  1-31  Committee on School Support Personnel to be composed of five 
  1-32  members of the House to be appointed by the Speaker of the 
  1-33  House of Representatives.  The Speaker shall designate a 
  1-34  member of the committee as chairperson of the committee. 
  1-35  The chairperson shall call all meetings of the committee. 
 
 
 
 
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  2- 1  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the committee shall undertake a 
  2- 2  study of the conditions, needs, issues, and problems 
  2- 3  mentioned above or related thereto and recommend any actions 
  2- 4  or legislation which the committee deems necessary or 
  2- 5  appropriate.  The committee may conduct such meetings at 
  2- 6  such places and at such times as it may deem necessary or 
  2- 7  convenient to enable it to exercise fully and effectively 
  2- 8  its powers, perform its duties, and accomplish the 
  2- 9  objectives and purposes of this resolution.  The members of 
  2-10  the committee shall receive the allowances authorized for 
  2-11  legislative members of interim legislative committees but 
  2-12  shall receive the same for not more than five days unless 
  2-13  additional days are authorized.  The funds necessary to 
  2-14  carry out the provisions of this resolution shall come from 
  2-15  the funds appropriated to the House of Representatives.  In 
  2-16  the event the committee makes a report of its findings and 
  2-17  recommendations, with suggestions for proposed legislation, 
  2-18  if any, such report shall be made on or before December 31, 
  2-19  1999. The committee shall stand abolished on December 31, 
  2-20  1999. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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