Floor Amend 1 AM 49 0241 to SB 124

ADOPTED Senators Tillery of the 19th and Still of the 48th offered the following amendment #1: Amend the Senate Committee on Education and Youth substitute to SB 124 (LC 49 2250S) by inserting "to require the publication and reporting of certain information relating to federal guidance documents;" following "families;" on line 5. By replacing lines 37 through 38 with the following: (c)(1) Within 15 calendar days of receiving a guidance document from a federal agency which the State School Superintendent or the State Board of Education deems relevant and applicable to the duties, responsibilities, or business of the Department of Education, the Department of Education shall publish such guidance document in accordance with the requirements of subsection (d) of this Code section. (2) Within 45 calendar days of receiving a guidance document provided for in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Department of Education shall include on the dedicated web page provided for in subsection (d) of this Code section a written response to such guidance document that includes, at a minimum: (A) Each federal or state statute, regulation, or rule that is addressed either expressly or by reasonable implication, interpretation, or application in such guidance document; and (B) A description of how such guidance document will be implemented or objected to. (3) Within 15 calendar days of a guidance document provided for in paragraph (1) of this subsection being rescinded, the Department of Education shall: (A) Clearly indicate on the dedicated web page provided for in subsection (c) of this Code section that such guidance document has been rescinded; and (B) Add the rescinded guidance document along with the date such guidance document was rescinded to a separate and clearly identifiable list of rescinded guidance documents to be maintained on the dedicated web page provided for in subsection (c) of this Code section. (d) All guidance documents and rescinded guidance documents which are required to be published by the Department of Education under subsection (c) of this Code section shall be published on a dedicated web page on the Department of Education's public website that is clearly identifiable, readily searchable using the search tool included on such public website, and accessible via a link that is included on the home page of such public website. (e) Annually by August 1, the State School Superintendent shall provide in writing the following information to the General Assembly: a complete list of guidance documents and rescinded guidance documents that are currently published on the dedicated web page provided for in subsection (d) of this Code section and a complete copy of each rule adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to subsection (f) of this Code section. (f) The State Board of Education shall be authorized to adopt rules as necessary to implement the requirements of this Code section. Reserved."