Higher Education

GA - Senator Billy Hickman (R)

Title:

Chairman

GA - Senator Max Burns (R)

Title:

Vice Chairman

GA - Senator Chuck Payne (R)

Title:

Secretary

GA - Senator Brandon Beach (R)

Title:

Ex-officio

GA - Senator Sally Harrell (D)

Title:

Member

GA - Senator Chuck Hufstetler (R)

Title:

Member

GA - Senator Emanuel Jones (D)

Title:

Member

GA - Senator Harold Jones II (D)

Title:

Member

GA - Senator Colton Moore (R)

Title:

Member

GA - Senator Nan Orrock (D)

Title:

Member

GA - Senator Rick Williams (R)

Title:

Member

GA - HB607 Education; revise definition of Zell Miller Scholarship Scholar by changing ACT score requirement for certain students

GA - HB249 Education; needs based financial aid program; provide definition

GA - SB52 Georgia Student Finance Commission; to establish participation and performance targets for the program; require

GA - SB137 Tuition Equalization Grants at Private Colleges and Universities; definition of approved school; revise

GA - HB122 Georgia Achieving A Better Life Experience (ABLE); governance of program by board of directors of Georgia Higher Education Savings Plan; provide

GA - SB264 University System; noncitizen students with certain refugee, special immigrant, or humanitarian parolee status under federal law are classified as in-state for tuition purposes; provide

GA - SB497 Education; High-demand Career Initiatives Program as the High Demand Apprenticeship Program; redesignate

GA - SB511 "Combating Threats from China Act of 2024 - Higher Education"; enact

GA - SB509 Education; the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia and any public postsecondary institution from asking applicants whether they have been arrested, charges; prohibit

GA - SB526 "Georgia Good Faith Grant Act"; enact

GA - HB1231 Postsecondary education; allow academically successful students to use the full number of hours of HOPE scholarship eligibility

GA - HB985 Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation; abolish

GA - HB163 Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce; student loan repayment for medical examiners employed by the Division of Forensic Sciences of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation; provide

GA - HB228 Education; tuition equalization grants at private colleges and universities; expand definition of approved school

GA - SB86 Education; eligible students participating in the Dual Enrollment program to access HOPE career grant funds for certain CTAE courses; allow

GA - HB319 Education; abolish Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation

GA - SB246 Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce; student loan repayment for certain nursing faculty; provide

GA - HB185 Education; provide for HOPE Inclusive Postsecondary Education (IPSE) grants

GA - HB130 Georgia Student Finance Authority; student loan repayment for peace officers; provide

GA - SB469 "College Success 529 Expansion Act"; enact

GA - SB476 Education; in-state tuition for certain noncitizen students; provide

GA - HB970 Realizing Educational Achievement Can Happen (REACH) Scholarship; victims of human trafficking are eligible; provide

GA - HB982 State Workforce Development Board; publish a High-demand Career List most critical to the state's current and future workforce needs; require

GA - HB1124 Education; needs based financial aid program; provide for a definition

GA - SR687 University of North Georgia and the University System of Georgia Board of Regents; name a certain building after former Speaker David Ralston; urge

GA - HB392 Georgia Endowment for Teaching Professionals; create

GA - SB112 "Workforce EXCELeration Act"; enact

GA - SB399 Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia; to enter into and amend existing agreements with the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia; encourage and state expectations

GA - HB1274 State veterinary education; student loan forgiveness program; provide limits

GA - HB56 Education; grants to children of law enforcement officers, firefighters, and prison guards killed in the line of duty; provisions

GA - SR770 Senate Higher Education in Prison Study Committee; create