Georgia lawmakers have significantly changed a bill that originally threatened to cut the pay of Gwinnett County School Board members, though the bill’s sponsor suggests the legislation could be revisited.
House Bill 767 initially proposed reducing board members’ pay to $50 per meeting if they fired a superintendent without cause. The legislation followed January’s dismissal of Calvin Watts, the second superintendent terminated in four years, with taxpayers facing approximately $1.3 million in combined buyout costs for Watts and former superintendent Alvin Wilbanks.
The revised bill now removes all references to board member pay, focusing solely on ensuring board members can speak freely to the media…