PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA EDUCATORS

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

Day 36 included action on education bills on the House and Senate floor and drama about education bills in Senate committees. The House passed SB 63 by Sen. Clint Dixon (R-Gwinnett), which would require school districts that offer PSAT/NMSQT, SAT, PreACT, ACT, ASVAB, or Advanced Placement (AP) exams to students enrolled in the district to offer the same testing to homeschool students residing in the district. Schools districts could not charge homeschooled students any fee

Gov. Brian Kemp delivered the State of the State Address this morning to a joint session of the House and Senate. Key themes included a review of the challenges Georgia has successfully faced during Kemp's administration, tort reform, hurricane recovery efforts with a nod of thanks to both President Joe Biden and President-Elect Donald Trump, and state support for mental health and anti-gang and anti-human-trafficking efforts. The governor's references to education were brief