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PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA EDUCATORS



Day 19: Action on Gov. Kemp’s Safe Schools Act & Alternative High Schools Bill
Governor’s Safe Schools Act Passes Committee Gov. Brian Kemp’s House Floor Leader Will Wade (R-Dawsonville) presented HB 147, the Safe...
Margaret Ciccarelli
Feb 15, 2023


Day 18: Gender Identity & School Traffic Camera Legislation Heard, Several Other Ed Bills Pass
Senate Committee Hears Gender Identity Bill & Passes Bills on Panic Alert System and Others SB 88 by Sen. Carden Summers (R-Cordele), the...
Legislative Team
Feb 14, 2023


Day 17: House Education Subcommittee Moves GHSA Review Bill; Ed Appropriations Reviews FY 24 Budget
Education Curriculum Subcommittee Passes Football Video Review Mandate HB 32 by Rep. Demetrius Douglas (D-Stockbridge) mandates that...
Legislative Team
Feb 13, 2023


Day 16: Low Wealth Capital Outlay and Alternative Schools Bills Progress
House Education Committee Moves Capital Outlay and Alternative High School Legislation Forward The House Education Committee passed HB 81...
Josh Stephens
Feb 9, 2023

Day 15: Senate Begins Review of AFY 2023 Budget; Joint Hearings on Literacy Continue
Senate Budget Writers Review House Budget Proposal State education agency leaders outlined changes the House made to Gov. Brian Kemp’s...
Legislative Team
Feb 8, 2023


Day 14: Senate Committees Continue Literacy Exploration; Vaccine Bill Passes Senate
Joint Senate Committee Continues Examination into Literacy Members of the Senate Education & Youth and Senate Higher Education committees...
Legislative Team
Feb 7, 2023


Day 13: Capital Outlay and Alternative Schools Bills Move Through Subcommittee
Curriculum and Policy Subcommittees of House Ed Pass Capital Outlay and Alternative School Legislation The Education Curriculum...
Margaret Ciccarelli
Feb 6, 2023


Teachers Retirement System Board of Trustees Meeting Report - January 2023
Teachers Retirement System (TRS) held its bimonthly meeting Jan. 25, 2023. The TRS net position at the end of December was...
Sean DeVetter
Feb 3, 2023

Day 12: AFY23 Passes House; House Ed Discusses Literacy, Funding, Charter Schools, & More
Literacy Top Item for House Education Committee House Education Committee members got a look at strategies the Georgia Department of...
Legislative Team
Feb 2, 2023


Day 11: House Ed Budget Changes, Kemp's Safe Schools Act, Literacy, Vax Mandate Prohibition
House Budget Writers Offer Changes to Gov. Kemp’s 2023 Spending Plan The House Appropriations Committee approved its version of the...
Legislative Team
Feb 1, 2023


Day 10: Joint Education & Retirement Committees Meet
Literacy in the Spotlight at Joint Senate Education Meeting State School Superintendent Richard Woods described several literacy-focused...
Legislative Team
Jan 31, 2023


Day 9: Ed Bills Likely to Be Heard in Committee: Capital Outlay, Alternative Schools, Panic Buttons
Slow day in House and Senate – Education Legislation to Watch Neither the House nor the Senate voted on legislation Monday, Jan. 30, and...
Margaret Ciccarelli
Jan 30, 2023


Day 8: Focus on Paraprofessionals, House Ed Meets
PAGE Issue Brief Underscores Importance of Addressing Challenges in Georgia’s Paraprofessional Workforce State leaders have recently...
Legislative Team
Jan 26, 2023


Day 7: Governor Kemp's 2023 State of the State Address
Pay Raises Keep Best and Brightest in the Classroom Gov. Brian Kemp highlighted investments in public education, including the educator...
Claire Suggs
Jan 25, 2023


Day 6: Private School Voucher Expansion Introduced in House
Join us Tomorrow for a PAGE Webinar on Proposed AFY23 and FY24 State Education Budgets Please register today (Tuesday, Jan. 24) to join...
Margaret Ciccarelli
Jan 24, 2023


Day 5: AFY23 Education Budget Discussion, Including Sharp Employer Health Insurance Cost Increase
The House Appropriations Education Subcommittee convened briefly to hear Georgia Department of Education Chief Financial Officer Rusk...
Margaret Ciccarelli
Jan 23, 2023


Joint Appropriations Hearings
Lawmakers Dive Into Gov. Kemp’s Education Funding Proposals Members of the House and Senate appropriations committees learned more about...
Legislative Team
Jan 19, 2023


State Board of Education Meeting Report - January Meeting 2023
At its brief one-day January meeting, the State Board of Education (SBOE) adopted standards for several CTAE pathways and initiated a...
Margaret Ciccarelli
Jan 18, 2023

Day 4: Expanded Education Investments in Governor’s Budget Proposals
As described in Gov. Brian Kemp's inaugural address, he proposes a $2,000 pay raise for teachers and other certified staff in his Fiscal...
Claire Suggs
Jan 13, 2023


Day 3: Gov. Kemp Proposes $2K Pay Raise for Teachers, Pre-K Teachers, and Certified K-12 Personnel
Gov. Kemp Proposes Teacher Pay Raise at Swearing In In a joint session of the House and Senate, Gov. Brian Kemp was sworn in for his...
Margaret Ciccarelli
Jan 12, 2023
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