Georgia Legislative Watch

HB199 - Georgia Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Act; enact
Sponsored by: Casas,David 103rd

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to educational programs, so as to enact the “Georgia Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Act”; to provide for a short title; to provide for objectives; to provide for definitions; to provide for school system obligations; to provide for scholarship eligibility requirements; to provide for private school eligibility; to provide for obligations of scholarship recipients; to provide for funding and payment; to provide for limited liability; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for legislative oversight; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

HB191 - Board of Education of Colquitt County; nonpartisan elections; provide
Sponsored by: Royal,Richard 171st

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act relating to the Board of Education of Colquitt County, approved March 12, 1970 (Ga. L. 1970, p. 2582), as amended, so as to provide for the election of members of the Board of Education of Colquitt County in nonpartisan elections; to provide for applicability; to provide for submission of this Act for preclearance under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

SB72 - Quality Basic Education Act; authorize the employment of school admininstrative managers to conduct the financial/business affairs
Sponsored by: Williams,Tommie 19th

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-290 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to organization of schools under the “Quality Basic Education Act,” so as to provide for legislative findings; to authorize the employment of school administrative managers to conduct the financial and business affairs of a school; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes

HB187 - Sales tax; educational purposes; authorize certain expenditures
Sponsored by: Scott,Martin 2nd

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 3 of Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sales tax for educational purposes, so as authorize certain expenditures; to provide for the payment of expenses related to elections; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

HB141 - State sales and use tax; textbooks; provide exemption
Sponsored by: Hembree,Bill 67th

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-8-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from state sales and use tax, so as to provide for an exemption with respect to textbooks; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.