LC
33 3355
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to temporarily
suspend certain laws and requirements relating to expenditure controls, minimum
direct classroom expenditures, maximum class size, additional days of
instruction, and salary schedules; to provide for statutory construction; to
provide for automatic repeal of such suspension; to provide for related matters;
to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to the "Quality Basic Education Act," is amended by adding a new Code section to
read as follows:
"20-2-245.
(a)
From the effective date of this Act through June 30, 2013, the following shall
be suspended and shall not apply to nor be enforceable against a local school
system:
(1)
Subsection (a) of Code Section 20-2-167;
(2)
Code Section 20-2-171;
(3)
Subsection (i) of Code Section 20-2-182;
(4)
Code Section 20-2-184.1; and
(5)
Code Section 20-2-212.
(b)
No penalty shall be applied to a local school system for not complying with the
requirements contained in the Code sections or provisions referenced in
subsection (a) of this Code section, notwithstanding any law to the
contrary.
(c)
Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to repeal any other provision of
this chapter.
(d)
This Code section shall be automatically repealed on July 1,
2013."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.