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Georgia Election of Local School Superintendents and Boards of Education Amendment (2018)
| Georgia Election of Local School Superintendents and Boards of Education Amendment | |
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Education and Elections and campaigns | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Georgia Election of Local School Superintendents and Boards of Education Amendment was not on the ballot in Georgia as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018.
The measure would have provided for two arrangements of electing members of local boards of education and local school superintendents. One arrangement would have been for voters to elect members of local boards of education, and the boards of education to appoint a school superintendent. The second arrangement would have been for voters to elect a local school superintendent, and members of local boards of education to be elected by grand juries.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title would have been as follows:[1]
| “ | Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by law for election of local school superintendents by voters and election of members of local boards of education by grand juries, as an alternative to appointment of local school superintendents by local boards of education and election of local school board members by voters, if approved by a local referendum?[2] | ” |
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article VIII, Georgia Constitution
The measure would have amended Paragraphs II and III of Section 5 of Article X of the Georgia Constitution. The following underlined text would have been added and struck-through text would have been deleted:[1]
Note: Hover over the text and scroll to see the full text.
Each school system shall be under the management and control of a board of education, the members of which shall be elected as provided by law; provided, however, that if the school superintendent for that school system is elected by the voters pursuant to Paragraph III of this section, then the members of the board of education for that school system shall be elected by a grand jury as provided by general law. School board members shall reside within the territory embraced by the school system and shall have such compensation and additional qualifications as may be provided by law. Any board of education to which the members are appointed as of December 31, 1992, shall continue as an appointed board of education through December 31, 1993, and the appointed members of such board of education who are in office on December 31, 1992, shall continue in office as members of such appointed board until December 31, 1993, on which date the terms of office of all appointed members shall end.
School Superintendents
There shall be a school superintendent of each system appointed by the board of education who shall be the executive officer of the board of education and shall have such qualifications, powers, and duties as provided by general law. Any elected school superintendent in office on January 1, 1993, shall continue to serve out the remainder of his or her respective term of office and shall be replaced by an appointee of the board of education at the expiration of such term. The school superintendent of each system shall be appointed by the board of education; provided, however, that the General Assembly may provide by local law, subject to approval by a majority of the qualified electors of the local school system voting in a referendum thereon, for the election of the school superintendent of any school system by the voters residing in the territory embraced by the school system and for the qualifications of superintendents in such cases.[2]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Georgia Constitution
In Georgia, a constitutional amendment must be passed by a two-thirds vote in each house of the state legislature during one legislative session. On February 8, 2017, the amendment was introduced into the legislature as Senate Resolution 192. On March 3, 2017, the Senate approved the measure, 40 to 12, with three members excused or not voting. On March 16, 2017, the House Education Committee voted 17 to 1 against the amendment.[1][3][4]
The 2017 legislative session was expected to run from January 9, 2017, through March 30, 2017.
Senate vote
March 3, 2017[1]
| Georgia SR 192 Senate Vote | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 40 | 76.92% | ||
| No | 12 | 23.08% | ||
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Georgia Legislature, "Senate Resolution 192," accessed March 5, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "quotedisclaimer" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Lawmakers shoot down option of electing school superintendents to slow revolving door," March 17, 2017
- ↑ Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Lawmakers unconvinced by a “drunk” on the school board and a blown budget," March 16, 2017
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