Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered penultimate section to read:
/ SECTION __. Chapter 51, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 59-51-35. (A) Within one year of taking office, all persons elected as members of the board of trustees after July 1, 2018, and who are not serving on the board on that date, shall complete successfully an orientation program on the powers, duties, and responsibilities of a board member including, but not limited to, topics on policy development, personnel, school leadership and board relations, at-risk programs, finance, school law, ethics, and community relations, as determined by the board of trustees.
(B) In addition to the orientation program in subsection (A), the board shall provide for training of new and existing board members as reasonable and necessary to adequately serve the at-risk students in their care." /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.