Education

GA - Representative Chris Erwin (R)

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Chairman

GA - Representative Carmen Rice (R)

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Vice Chairman

GA - Representative Scott Hilton (R)

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Secretary

GA - Representative Segun Adeyina (D)

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Member

GA - Representative Bethany Ballard (R)

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GA - Representative Doreen Carter (D)

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GA - Representative Mike Cheokas (R)

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GA - Representative David Clark (R)

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GA - Representative Brent Cox (R)

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GA - Representative Sandy Donatucci (R)

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GA - Representative Matt Dubnik (R)

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GA - Representative Lydia Glaize (D)

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GA - Representative Karlton Howard (D)

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GA - Representative Rick Jasperse (R)

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GA - Representative Jan Jones (R)

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GA - Representative Todd Jones (R)

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GA - Representative Karen Lupton (D)

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GA - Representative Phil Olaleye (D)

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GA - Representative Miriam Paris (D)

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GA - Representative Rick Townsend (R)

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GA - Representative Will Wade (R)

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GA - Representative David Wilkerson (D)

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GA - HB12 Education; grants; revise definition of qualified local school system

GA - HB20 State Board of Education; adopt rules to require all certified public school personnel to receive annual training in depression and suicide awareness and prevention

GA - HB23 Student Success and Progress Act; enact

GA - HB24 School Behavioral Health Support Act; enact

GA - HB27 Investing in Every Student Act; enact

GA - SB1 'Fair and Safe Athletic Opportunities Act'; enact

GA - SB4 Education; fundamental roles of local boards of education and local school superintendents; revise provisions

GA - HB37 Education; require local school systems to notify employees regarding social security withholdings and eligibility for certain benefits

GA - HB42 Quality Basic Education; calculation and distribution of funds to local units of administration for student transportation programs; revise provisions

GA - HB47 School Security Protection and Safety Infrastructure Act; enact

GA - HB48 Quality Basic Education Act; Refugee and International Students Equalization (RISE) program; establish

GA - HB59 Education; state funding for one school counselor for every 250 full-time equivalent students; provide

GA - HB60 Healthy Start Act; enact

GA - SB17 "Ricky and Alyssa's Law"; enact

GA - HB81 Interstate Compact for School Psychologists; enter into

GA - HB104 Equal Athletic Opportunities Act; enact

GA - HB105 Pubic officers and employees; increase indemnification award of certain state public school personnel in the event of death

GA - HB106 Safe Teens Act; enact

GA - HB118 Education; revise requirements of child care learning centers and family child care learning homes

GA - HB127 Education; number of accumulated sick leave days for teachers and other school personnel; increase from three to five

GA - HB133 Student Character Development Act; enact

GA - HR68 Quality Basic Education and Full-Time Equivalent funding formulas; support revision

GA - SB44 Equalization Grants, Annual Calculations, and Allocation; the definition of the term "qualified local school system" by reducing the minimum required millage rate; revise

GA - HB173 Education, Department of; provide parents and guardians of students entering sixth grade information regarding adolescent vaccinations in print and electronic form

GA - HB175 Education; employee comprehensive background checks for early care and education programs and Head Start programs; revise provisions

GA - SB63 "Quality Basic Education Act"; local school systems offer certain exams to home study students; require

GA - HB192 Top State for Talent Act; enact

GA - HB198 Education; use of school facilities by certain youth groups; provide

GA - HB200 State Board of Education; establish a three-year pilot immersive writing program for eligible public elementary schools; provide

GA - HB202 Local Charter School Authorization and Support Act of 2025; enact

GA - HB221 Education; equal athletic opportunities for public school students; provide

GA - SB82 "Local Charter School Authorization and Support Act of 2025"; enact

GA - HB235 Georgia Supporting Living Donor Educators Act; enact

GA - HB245 Georgia Educational Opportunity Act; enact

GA - HB267 Riley Gaines Act; enact

GA - HB268 Education; safety, health, and well-being of students and school communities; provide

GA - HB269 Education; revise requirements of child care learning centers and family child care learning homes

GA - HR145 Education and Public Health, Departments of; collaborate to prioritize the expansion of vision and hearing screenings at various grade levels; urge

GA - SB93 "Georgia Early Literacy Act"; the three-cuing system from inclusion in high-quality instructional materials or structured literacy; prohibit

GA - HB293 Education; Protect Students First Act; repeal various provisions

GA - HB294 Quality Basic Education Act; require State Board of Education to review and update policies, guidelines, and processes for awarding units of high school credit to students based on a demonstration of subject area competency

GA - HB302 Leave No Georgia Child Hungry Act; enact

GA - HR174 State Board of Education; appointment of state school superintendent effective not later than January 1, 2031; provide - CA

GA - HB307 Quality Basic Education Act; students significantly at risk of not achieving grade level reading proficiency or with characteristics of dyslexia; include provisions

GA - HB310 Student Teacher Promotion Act; enact

GA - HB313 Education; authorize and require all public elementary and secondary schools to display the Ten Commandments in multiple locations

GA - HB333 Education; require that the state minimum salary schedule shall be updated each year

GA - HB335 Quality Basic Education Act; address mental health risks for student athletes

GA - HB336 Education; local school systems to provide certain information to parents and guardians of students in grades six through twelve on sickle cell disease; require

GA - HB340 Distraction-Free Education Act; enact

GA - SB123 Compulsory Attendance; provisions of the state's compulsory school attendance laws; update and revise

GA - SB124 Education; State School Superintendent and the Department of Education to take all steps reasonably necessary to implement guidance documents from a federal agency; require

GA - SB126 Completion Special Schools Act; certain students to be enrolled; lower the age of eligibility from 18 to 16

GA - HB371 Quality Basic Education Act; state's maximum authorization of capital outlay funding; provide for an increase

GA - HB383 Georgia High School NIL Protection Act; enact

GA - HB436 Education; repeal Chapter 2B, relating to promise scholarship accounts; provisions

GA - HB437 State Board of Education; establish rules and regulations for local school system outreach efforts regarding ESOL program; require

GA - SB148 Public School Property and Facilities; outdoor learning spaces pilot program; provide

GA - SB152 "Georgia Promise Scholarship Act"; the biological or adopted children of individuals who are foster parents and who meet certain conditions shall qualify for promise scholarship accounts; provide

GA - SB154 United States Department of Education; references from the Official Code of Georgia Annotated; revise or remove

GA - HB442 Education; students shall not be counted absent from school due to performing in certain productions; provisions

GA - HB451 Quality Basic Education Act; local boards shall be authorized to provide instruction in hunting safety in grades six through 12; provide

GA - SB179 Education; the academic and disciplinary records of each transferring student shall be provided within five days; require

GA - HB487 Quality Basic Education Act; computer science course shall be a high school graduation requirement beginning in 2031; provide

GA - HB505 Career Readiness and Economic Development Act; enact

GA - HR275 State of Georgia; increase minimum school drop out age from 16 to 17 years old; support

GA - HB517 Student Success Support Act; enact

GA - SB212 "Quality Basic Education Act,"; disclosure of public student directory information to political candidates or persons or groups acting on their behalf; prohibit

GA - HB542 Protecting All Learners Act; enact

GA - HB543 Get the Lead Out of School Drinking Water Act; enact

GA - HB544 Jimmy Carter Award for Civic Engagement; establish

GA - HB546 Quality Basic Education Act; require local school systems to offer certain exams to home study students

GA - HB550 Education; promise scholarship accounts; require participating schools to prepare school safety plans that meet certain requirements

GA - HB554 APEX Now Program; enact

GA - HB564 Georgia Prevention and Plan Act; enact

GA - HB580 Georgia Penmanship Act; enact

GA - SB236 "Quality Basic Education Act,"; certain students whose parents or guardians are on active duty are eligible for enrollment in the public school of the attendance zone in which they intend to reside; provide

GA - HB631 Education; require minimum base salary for certified professional personnel with bachelor's degrees be based upon national average living wage

GA - HB634 Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Act; expedited completion of a student's first Individualized Education Program; revise provisions

GA - HB642 Georgia Dye Free School Meals Act; enact

GA - HB643 Education; install key boxes at each school building in locations determined in collaboration with local law enforcement; provide

GA - HB669 Quality Basic Education Act; award of low-wealth capital outlay grants to qualifying local school systems that award certain contracts for roofing improvements to suppliers that meet certain criteria; provide

GA - HB674 State Board of Education; adopt content standards for instruction in financial literacy and money management for grades four and five

GA - HB694 State Board of Education; establish five-year school pilot program to increase graduation rates and postsecondary education

GA - HB696 Education; lunch and school breakfast programs for public school students; provide

GA - HB706 Quality Basic Education Act; history of Black Americans; provide coursework

GA - HB736 Education; policies prohibiting bullying and cyberbullying; add and revise definitions

GA - HB740 Stop Social Promotion Act; enact

GA - HB796 Education; revise QBE program weights based on recommendations of the 2015 Education Reform Commission

GA - HR711 House Study Committee on Student Attendance in PreK-12 Education; create

GA - HB829 Education, Department of; publish guidance relating to best practices for secure browsing and parental controls; require

GA - HR859 House Study Committee on Inclusive Educational Settings for Students with Disabilities; create

GA - HB893 Education; replace terms charter system and charter systems with performance contract system and performance contract systems

GA - HR887 House Study Committee on Reducing and Prioritizing Mandates for Public School Administration; create

GA - HB907 Completion Special Schools Act; certain local school systems to either be a party to a collaborative operating agreement with a completion special school or provide certain education programs and services; require

GA - HB908 Education; prohibit a public school, private school, or home school program from requiring a child who has completed all requirements for a high school diploma to take or attend classes for any additional course

GA - HB912 Quality Basic Education Act; $500,000.00 in matching grants for purpose of providing home reading programs for students in kindergarten through fourth grade; provisions

GA - HB917 Education; open enrollment processes for students to transfer between local school systems and between schools within local school systems; provide

GA - HB918 Quality Basic Education Act; permit private school students, home study students, and nonresident public school students to enroll as part-time students in any public school in this state

GA - HB921 Education Impact Transparency Act; enact

GA - HR905 Education, Department of; implement a public awareness campaign for grade levels K-12 regarding blockchain, cryptocurrency, and Web3; encourage

GA - HB950 Education; provide information regarding immunization requirements and exemptions from such requirements to parents and guardians; require schools and child care facilities

GA - HB971 Quality Basic Education Act; home study students and private school students to enroll in college and career academies located in certain RESA service areas and adjacent local school systems; provide

GA - HB972 Education; require written notice to parents and guardians of students in grades four through eight at least twice each school year stating whether such student has attained grade level reading proficiency

GA - HB989 Education; public comment periods during meetings of local boards of education; provide

GA - HB993 Nourish to Flourish Act; enact

GA - HB995 Vape-Free Schools Act; enact