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On July 1, most legislation passed during the 2025 Georgia General Assembly took effect. To learn about these new laws and other important information, please review the 2025 PAGE Legislative Summary . The  PAGE 2025 Legislative Session Summary  covers education-related legislation approved by the General Assembly, provides an overview of the state’s K-12 education budget, and identifies notable bills that did not pass. All legislation became law on July 1, 2025, unless anoth

The  PAGE 2025 Legislative Session Summary  covers education-related legislation approved by the General Assembly, provides an overview of the state’s K-12 education budget, and identifies notable bills that did not pass. All legislation will become law on July 1, 2025, unless another effective date is specified within the legislation. As 2025 is the first of Georgia’s two-year legislative biennium, bills that did not pass this session remain eligible for consideration and

The Senate approved the Amended Fiscal Year (AFY) 2025 budget , which included major changes to the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) operating budget. More information on these changes is available here . The Senate also approved SB 123 by Sen. John F. Kennedy (R-Macon), which requires school districts to re-institute school climate committees. More information on SB 123 is available in the Day 17 report . House Floor Session Senate Floor Session Organ Donor Leave, Ad

The House and Senate each had busy floor sessions, but neither chamber voted on education-related bills. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the Amended Fiscal Year (AFY) 2025 budget. The House Education Committee met to consider the Distraction-Free Education Act and HB 307 , which changes parts of Georgia's literacy program. House Floor Session Senate Floor Session House Education Approves Cell Phone and Literacy Bills The House Education Committee passed a substit

Presentations were the order of the day today. The Senate Children & Families Committee heard presentations from Marietta City Schools and others on the impact of cell phones in schools. The Senate Education & Youth Committee discussed return-to-work legislation, Georgia's largest alternative teacher preparation program, Reading Corps and Math Corps, and information presented by new Georgia Professional Standards Commission (GaPSC) Executive Secretary Jody Barrow. Neither com

Floor action and committee work intensified today as education legislation progressed on the concluding day of week four. House Floor Session Senate Floor Session House Approves AFY2025 Budget The AFY2025 budget (HB 67) passed the House by a vote of 166-3. The most notable education-related House addition to Gov. Brian Kemp's initial budget proposal is $3 million in startup funding for a school threat assessment tracking system. This addition aligns with HB 268 , the House's

Neither chamber had significant activity today. However, many committees have begun meeting. Bills are expected to soon begin moving through the legislative process. House Floor Session Senate Floor Session PAGE Legislative Team Hosts Webinar on AFY25 and FY25 Budgets After wrapping up work at the Capitol, the PAGE Legislative Team hosted a PAGE member webinar, Investing in Public Schools: State Funding Proposals for AFY 2025 & FY 2026, in which they discussed Gov. Brian Kemp

This morning, the House and Senate held short floor sessions, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court provided his State of the Judiciary Address. Committees began meeting in earnest this afternoon. House Floor Session Senate Floor Session Joint Retirement Committee Learns about TRS & PSERS After briefly discussing their respective committee rules, the House and Senate retirement committees convened in a joint session to hear presentations by the Teachers Retirement Syste