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HB 333: Education; require that the state minimum salary schedule shall be updated each year

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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 to salary schedules for professionals in elementary and secondary education, so as to require that the state minimum salary schedule shall be updated each year; to provide that such updates shall correspond to annual inflation and deflation rates; 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.

Code Section 20-2-212 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to salary schedules for professionals in elementary and secondary education, is amended by revising subsection (c) and by adding a new subsection to read as follows: "(c) A local unit of administration shall pay beginning classroom teachers the first salary payment for the number of days worked at the end of the first month of the school year in which service is rendered.

(d) The State Board of Education shall develop rules and procedures for implementing this subsection by July 1, ~~2001~~ 2025. Such rules and procedures shall provide for, at a minimum, the following:

(1) That the minimum salary schedule required by this Code section shall be updated each year by December 1; and

(2) That each update provided for in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall reflect the effect of annual inflation or deflation for the immediately preceding calendar year in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the State Board of Education, which rules and regulations may use for this purpose the Consumer Price Index as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor or any other similar index established by the federal government, if the State Board of Education determines that such federal index reflects the effect of inflation and deflation on certificated professional personnel."

SECTION 2.

This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2025.

SECTION 3.

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.