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title: O.C.G.A. § 20-2-190. Professional development centered on state-wide strategic initiatives.
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# O.C.G.A. § 20-2-190. Professional development centered on state-wide strategic initiatives.

(a) Subject to appropriations by the General Assembly, the State Board of Education shall provide professional development centered on state-wide strategic initiatives. Such strategic initiatives may include, but are not limited to, training on content standards, support for under-performing educators, and mentoring programs in specific subject areas.

(b) It is the intention of the General Assembly that:

(1) For Fiscal Year 2014, an amount equivalent to 0.15 percent of salaries of all certificated professional personnel, including school level administrators, used in the development of each respective program weight be appropriated to the State Board of Education for purposes of funding state-wide strategic initiatives for professional development, as provided in subsection (a) of this Code section; and

(2) For Fiscal Year 2015 and thereafter, an amount equivalent to 0.25 percent of salaries of all certificated professional personnel, including school level administrators, used in the development of each respective program weight be appropriated to the State Board of Education for purposes of funding state-wide strategic initiatives for professional development, as provided in subsection (a) of this Code section.

## History

Code 1981, § 20-2-190, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 355, § 3/SB 404; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1376, § 17/HB 502.

## Code Commission Notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2012, Code Section 20-2-190, as enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 372, § 2/SB 403, was redesignated as Code Section 20-2-191.