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SB 50 - Education - educational care teams

Marable, Richard O (52nd)	Dean, Nathan (31st)	Walker, Charles W (22nd)

Status Summary	SC:	Ed	HC:	Ed	FR:	01/26/99	LA:	03/24/99	H - Committed (CA )

First Reader Summary

A bill 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 the appointment of an educational care team upon application by a local board of education; to provide for the duties of an educational care team; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date.

Code Sections - 20-2-68

SB 50  99                                           SB50/CA/3 
 
      SENATE BILL 50 
 
      By:  Senators Marable of the 52nd, Dean of the 31st, 
           Walker of the 22nd and others 
 
                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 
                               AN ACT 
 
 
  1- 1  To amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of 
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary 
  1- 3  education, so as to provide for the appointment of an 
  1- 4  educational care team upon application by a local board of 
  1- 5  education; to provide for the duties of an educational care 
  1- 6  team; to provide for related matters; to provide for an 
  1- 7  effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other 
  1- 8  purposes. 
 
  1- 9       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: 
 
  1-10                           SECTION 1. 
 
  1-11  Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia 
  1-12  Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, 
  1-13  is amended by adding a new Code section, to be designated as 
  1-14  Code Section 20-2-68, to read as follows: 
 
  1-15    "20-2-68. 
 
  1-16    Upon determining that a school under its management and 
  1-17    control is consistently underperforming or is otherwise 
  1-18    educationally challenged, a local board of education may 
  1-19    apply to the State Board of Education for the appointment 
  1-20    of an educational care team for that school. The state 
  1-21    board then may appoint an educational care team for that 
  1-22    school.  The educational care team shall consist of seven 
  1-23    persons, each of whom has experience as a principal, 
  1-24    teacher, or school administrator.  Under the direction of 
  1-25    the requesting local board of education, the educational 
  1-26    care team shall conduct an investigation of the 
  1-27    consistently  underperforming or otherwise educationally 
  1-28    challenged school, prepare a written  evaluation of the 
  1-29    school, and make nonbinding recommendations to the local 
  1-30    board for improvements at the school in instruction in 
  1-31    mathematics, science, reading and other English courses, 
  1-32    and social science.  The educational care team may also 
  1-33    provide instruction and conduct staff development 
  1-34    sessions.  Subject to appropriation by the General 
 
 
 
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  2- 1    Assembly, at least four educational care teams shall be 
  2- 2    funded for each fiscal year." 
 
  2- 3                           SECTION 2. 
 
  2- 4  This Act shall become effective on July 1, 1999. 
 
  2- 5                           SECTION 3. 
 
  2- 6  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are 
  2- 7  repealed. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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