Higher Education

GA - Senator Lindsey Tippins (R)

Title:

Chairman

GA - Senator Brian Strickland (R)

Title:

Vice Chairman

GA - Senator Chuck Payne (R)

Title:

Secretary

GA - Senator Brandon Beach (R)

Title:

Member

GA - Senator Max Burns (R)

Title:

Member

GA - Senator Sally Harrell (D)

Title:

Member

GA - Senator Billy Hickman (R)

Title:

Member

GA - Senator Chuck Hufstetler (R)

Title:

Ex-officio

GA - Senator Jennifer Jordan (D)

Title:

Member

GA - Senator Nan Orrock (D)

Title:

Member

GA - Senator Michael 'Doc' Rhett (D)

Title:

Ex-officio

GA - SB7 University System of Georgia; designated research universities shall ensure that at least 90 percent of early action admissions are offered to Georgia resident students; provide

GA - SB107 Postsecondary Education Grants; waiver of tuition and all fees, for qualifying foster and adopted students by units of the University System of Georgia and the Technical College System of Georgia; provide

GA - SB109 Public Property; provisions regarding writing off small amounts due to the state; extend automatic repeals

GA - SB97 In-State Resident Status of Students; university system policy of out-of-state tuition differential waivers; codify

GA - SB187 HOPE Scholarship; procedure for students with disability as defined by the American with Disabilities Act to apply for a waiver; establish

GA - HB1319 Georgia Student Finance Authority; provide for Georgia LEO Scholarship grant

GA - HB67 State government; public property; extend automatic repeals of certain provisions

GA - SR36 Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia; members; elected by the General Assembly; at-large members; appointed by the Governor; provide-CA

GA - SB81 Office of College and Career Transitions; change name to the Office of College and Career Academies

GA - SB204 Education; State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia to award high school diplomas; provide

GA - SB239 Education; tuition and mandatory student fees for students enrolled in a unit of the University System of Georgia; calculated and assessed on a per credit hour basis; provide

GA - SR154 Joint Study Committee for Strengthening Georgia's Future Workforce; create

GA - HB152 Postsecondary education; exemption applicable to certain institutions operating on military installations or bases; revise provisions

GA - HB617 Postsecondary education; student athletes may receive compensation for use of name, image, or likeness; provide

GA - HB291 Education; tuition equalization grants at private colleges and universities; expand definition of approved school

GA - SB333 Education;agents and agent's permits; to repeal definitions of such terms; provisions; remove

GA - SB397 General Educational Development (GED) Diplomas; update and replace terminology; state approved high school equivalency (HSE) diplomas; provide

GA - SB460 Education; noncitizen students who have received a grant of deferred action for childhood arrivals; qualify for in-state classification; may be extended same consideration as citizens of the United States

GA - SB509 "Dual Enrollment Act"; Technical College System of Georgia and the University System of Georgia to provide the Georgia Student Finance Commission with a course transfer chart; require

GA - HB1043 Georgia Endowment for Teaching Professionals; create

GA - HB1435 Education; needs based financial aid program; include eligibility for students with a financial aid gap

GA - HB1515 Education; tuition equalization grants at private colleges and universities; revise definition of approved school

GA - HB606 HOPE scholarships; add Georgia Independent School Association to the list of accrediting agencies

GA - SB490 Tuition Equalization Grants; definition of approved school; revise

GA - SB508 "Dual Enrollment Act"; Georgia Student Finance Commission to establish participation and performance targets for the program; require