PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA EDUCATORS

But for House and Senate Rules Committee meetings, action on the penultimate day of the 2025 legislative session was confined to the chamber floors. After extensive calendars and debate in both chambers, the House adjourned at 11 p.m., while the Senate stayed late debating diversity, equity, and inclusion and adjourned after midnight. House Floor Action Senate Floor Action Senate Passes Resolution to Explore Strengthening the Educator Workforce and Stripped Teacher Leave Bill

The House and Senate were busy with committee meetings to review bills from the opposite chamber. Several initiatives backed by PAGE advanced. The Senate Appropriations Committee is set to discuss the education-friendly FY2026 budget tomorrow. PAGE-Supported Bills Approved by Senate Ed The Senate Education & Youth Committee unanimously approved two PAGE-supported bills, which both move on to Senate Rules: PAGE Legislative Communications Specialist Robert Aycock testified in s

Week Five of the 2025 Legislative Session ended eventfully. Multiple education-related bills passed both chambers, including a PAGE-supported measure to establish an interstate compact for school psychologists and another to double the state payment awarded to educators who are killed while on the job. Important bills were also heard in committees, including the House's comprehensive school safety bill. House Floor Session Senate Floor Session House Ed Subcommittee Passes Com

House Education Committee Moves Literacy & Teacher Planning Time Bills Forward The House Education Committee met in a bifurcated meeting...

Senate Committee Hears Gender Identity Bill & Passes Bills on Panic Alert System and Others SB 88 by Sen. Carden Summers (R-Cordele), the...

Slow day in House and Senate – Education Legislation to Watch Neither the House nor the Senate voted on legislation Monday, Jan. 30, and...