HB333: HB333 Education; require that the state minimum salary schedule shall be updated each year

25 LC 49 2162 House Bill 333 By: Representatives Herring of the 145th, Olaleye of the 59th, Campbell of the 35th, Wilkerson of the 38th, Bennett of the 94th, and others A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Code Section 20-2-212 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to1 salary schedules for professionals in elementary and secondary education, so as to require2 that the state minimum salary schedule shall be updated each ye ar; to provide that such3 updates shall correspond to annual inflation and deflation rate s; to provide for related4 matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:6 SECTION 1.7 Code Section 20-2-212 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated , relating to salary8 schedules for professionals in elementary and secondary education, is amended by revising9 subsection (c) and by adding a new subsection to read as follows:10 "(c) A local unit of administration shall pay beginning classroom teachers the first salary11 payment for the number of days worked at the end of the first month of the school year in12 which service is rendered.13 (d) The State Board of Education shall develop rules and procedures for implementing this14 subsection by July 1, 2001 2025. Such rules and procedures shall provide for, at a15 minimum, the following:16 H. B. 333 - 1 - 25 LC 49 2162 (1) That the minimum salary schedule required by this Code sec tion shall be updated17 each year by December 1; and18 (2) That each update provided for in paragraph (1) of this sub section shall reflect the19 effect of annual inflation or deflation for the immediately pre ceding calendar year in20 accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the State Boar d of Education, which21 rules and regulations may use for this purpose the Consumer Price Index as reported by22 the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor or any other23 similar index established by the federal government, if the Sta te Board of Education24 determines that such federal index reflects the effect of infla tion and deflation on25 certificated professional personnel."26 SECTION 2.27 This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2025.28 SECTION 3.29 All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.30 H. B. 333 - 2 -