Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia
Department 160 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Chapter 160-1
Subject 160-1-4 - GRANT PROGRAMS
Rule 160-1-4-.281 - High Performance Principals

1. Purpose of Grant. The purpose of this grant is to provide salary supplements to attract quality principals to low performing schools to create a culture of learning and respect and to improve student achievement. The grant serves to develop strong leadership that will be effective in improving and maintaining the academic success of students and encourage high performance principals to accept positions as principals in secondary schools in Georgia that have been identified as Needs Improvement schools.

2. Term and Conditions. Recipient Local Education Agencies (LEAs) must have school principals that meet certification, performance, and eligibility criteria. School principals designated as high performance principals must work in a school designated as Needs Improvement. The LEA must submit actual invoices or other evidence of payment with its application. The LEA must contract with the principal and designate the principal as a high performance principal.

3. Eligible Recipients. LEAs that employ high performance principals in Needs Improvement schools at the secondary level.

4. Criteria for Award. The Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) screens schools utilizing student achievement performance data to create a pool of eligible schools. GaDOE will examine the pool of eligible schools for principals that have been at the eligible school for at least three years. From this pool, a committee of individuals from GaDOE and the Governor's Office of Student Achievement will review student performance data to recommend high performance principals. The number of awards is based on appropriated funding.

5. Directions and Deadlines for Applying. Requests for information and applications should be made to Division of School Improvement, Georgia Department of Education, 1870 Twin Towers East, Atlanta, Georgia, 30334.