I put together a list of proposed K-12 education reforms in both the House and Senate. I’ve tried to track the status of each resolution and will be adding to this list throughout the session. There are 33 in total.
SB 8 would allow students to carry EpiPens on their person rather than having to leave [...]
State Sen. Eric Johnson put out this video on SB 90, his school voucher legislation. Though it doesn’t get into much detail, he explains why he has introduced the legislation and the impact school vouchers could have on Georgia’s schools:
SB 90 will come before the Senate Committee on Education and Youth tomorrow at 2pm.
Sen. Eric Johnson (R) has introduced legislation for open enrollment in all Georgia schools:
A Republican state senator wants Georgia to become the first state in the nation to offer vouchers to all school children.
Sen. Eric Johnson is introducing legislation on Monday that would allow parents to use roughly $5,000 in tax dollars to send their [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]