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 passage in 2026.

Highlights of the PAGE summary include:

• A comprehensive summary of HB 268, school safety legislation introduced in response to the Apalachee High School shooting.

  
  

• Overviews of passed bills, including legislation to limit student cell phone use, expand educator benefits, and improve literacy instruction.

• Review of Georgia's education budgets for Amended Fiscal Year 2025 and Fiscal Year 2026, including funds for school safety, school mental health professionals, and targeted support for low-income students.

• Descriptions of select bills that did not pass but are eligible to pass in 2026, including legislation focused on voucher expansions, libraries, DEI bans, and return-to-work laws.