2017 Georgia Code
Title 20 - Education
Chapter 14 - Education Accountability
Article 2 - Education Accountability Assessment Programs
Part 3A - Turnaround Schools
§ 20-14-49.4. (Repealed effective December 31, 2017) Joint Study Committee on the Establishment of a Leadership Academy created; membership; role; reporting; termination

Universal Citation: GA Code § 20-14-49.4 (2017)

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(a) The Joint Study Committee on the Establishment of a Leadership Academy is hereby created. The committee shall study the possibility of establishing a leadership academy to provide opportunities for principals and other school leaders to update and expand their leadership knowledge and skills. The committee shall study and recommend the scope of a potential leadership academy, including, but not limited to, conducting seminars and workshops, providing onsite technical assistance, focusing on leadership in schools that have unacceptable ratings, criteria for participants and faculty, and any other matters deemed appropriate by the committee. The committee shall identify a process for establishing such leadership academy, which may be known as the Georgia Academic Leadership Academy, with a proposed beginning date of July 1, 2018.

(b) The committee shall be composed of:
- (1) Two members of the House of Representatives, appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one of whom shall be from the minority party;
- (2) Two members of the Senate, appointed by the President of the Senate, one of whom shall be from the minority party;
- (3) The commissioner of the Technical College System of Georgia or his or her designee;
- (4) The chancellor of the University System of Georgia or his or her designee;
- (5) The executive director of the Professional Standards Commission or his or her designee; and
- (6) The following members appointed by the Governor:
  - (A) Two local school superintendents;
  - (B) Two principals;
  - (C) One member of the State Board of Education;
  - (D) One local board of education member;
  - (E) One staff member from the Department of Education; and
  - (F) One member of the Governor's policy staff.
    The Governor shall designate one of the members as the chairperson.

(c) The committee may conduct such meetings at such places and at such times as it may deem necessary or convenient to enable it to exercise fully and effectively its powers, perform its duties, and accomplish the objectives and purposes of this Code section. The committee shall meet upon the call of the chairperson.

(d) The legislative members of the committee shall receive the allowances provided for in Code Section 28-1-8. Any citizen members shall receive a daily expense allowance in the amount specified in subsection (b) of Code Section 45-7-21 as well as the mileage or transportation allowance authorized for state employees. Any members of the committee who are state officials, other than legislative members, and state employees shall receive no compensation for their services on the committee, but they shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties as members of the committee in the same manner and funding as they are reimbursed for expenses in their capacities as state officials or employees. The funds necessary for the reimbursement of the expenses of state officials, other than legislative members, and state employees shall come from funds appropriated to or otherwise available to their respective agencies. All other funds necessary to carry out the provisions of this Code section shall come from funds appropriated to the House of Representatives and the Senate.

(e) The committee shall provide a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation that may be necessary, no later than December 1, 2017, to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and chairpersons of the Senate Education and Youth Committee and the House Committee on Education.

(f) The committee shall stand abolished and this Code section shall stand repealed by operation of law on December 31, 2017.

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