This bill would amend Article 5 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A. as the enabling legislation to HR 550, which calls for the necessary Constitutional amendment. It would provide for the alternative by local law for the election of local school superintendents instead of appointment. It adds the term “appointed” to each reference of employed superintendents to distinguish those sections from an elected superintendent. Since this law would be the enabling legislation for a Constitutional amendment, it outlines specific requirements for elections and qualifications for office as an elected superintendent. Though a superintendent could be elected, a local board could have cause for suspension or removal of a local superintendent under certain circumstances with certain rights granted the superintendent.