PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA EDUCATORS

The House and Senate were not in session today, but both bodies held multiple education-related committee meetings, starting with a three-hour hearing on school zone speed cameras that convened at 6 a.m. and culminating in a hearing related to transgender student athletes than began at 5 p.m. House Education Chair Chris Erwin (R-Homer) gifted PAGE with a resolution honoring 2025 PAGE Day on Capitol Hill and the 50th anniversary of PAGE's founding. PAGE is grateful for Erwin'

The State Board of Education (SBOE) met Feb. 19 and 20, and the board approved rules on education funding, school size, and Georgia’s...

Please note that due to the volume of action under the Gold Dome today, the Day 18 report will be in two parts. The Day 19 report tomorrow will contain the remainder of Day 18 action.   The House passed HB 92 , which pushes back the date by which local communities may opt out of a floating homestead exemption passed by the legislature in 2024. HB 92, sponsored by Rep. Shaw Blackmon (R-Bonaire), now moves to the Senate for consideration in the context of an ongoing policy deba