ATLANTA (AP) -- Gov. Sonny Perdue is pushing legislation that
would pay Georgia's teachers based on student performance, not
their advanced degrees.
Sen. Don Balfour, chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, is
introducing the bill.
Perdue says the state's current system rewards teachers for
their level of education instead of classroom achievement. Under
the proposal, teachers and principals would have the choice to opt
into the program. The State Board of Education would have to
require a statewide evaluation system that factors in student
improvement and peer observation of planning and instruction by
July 1, 2011.