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House Appropriations Committee to Hear
Supplemental Budget Wednesday
The House Appropriations Committee will begin subcommittee hearings on the supplemental budget beginning at 7:00 a.m. Education will begin at 7:20 a.m. After subcommittee hearings, the full House Appropriations Committee will meet at 8:30 a.m. to vote on the supplemental budget.
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Education Committees Begin Work Tomorrow
After last week's joint education committee meeting, both committees will begin hearing bills this week. On Wednesday, the Senate Education and Youth committee will meet to hear a presentation by Dan Weber, the executive director of the Charter System Foundation. Sen. Lindsey Tippins (R - Marietta), the chair of the committee, will also hold a hearing on
SB 362, a bill that would establish an innovative assessment pilot program.
CLICK HERE for the Atlanta Journal Constitution's initial coverage on the pilot assessment.
The House Education Committee will meet on Thursday and hear the following bills:
- HB 739 by Rep. Al Williams (D - Midway), the Tracy Rainey Act. The bill seeks to amend current state law allowing for temporary Professional Standards Certification certification for military spouses by renaming it the Tracy Rainey Act.
- HB 722 by Rep. David Casas (R - Lilburn) adds any nonprofit, baccalaureate degree granting postsecondary institution which has been in existence ten or more years with a physical location in this state and which holds institutional accreditation by a national or regional accrediting agency that is recognized by either the Council for Higher Education Accreditation or the United States Department of Education to the definition of "eligible postsecondary institutions" for Move on When Ready programs.
- HB 898 by Rep. Brooks Coleman, chair of the House Education Committee, would create a Joint Study Committee on the Establishment of a State Accreditation Process.
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Gov. Nathan Deal Re-Appoints
State Board of Education Members
Gov. Deal has reappointed the following State Board of Education members:
- Helen Rice, 3rd Congressional district
- Kenneth Mason, 5th Congressional district
- Barbara Hampton, 6th Congressional district
- Mike Royal, 7th Congressional district
- Scott Johnson, 11th Congressional district
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| Wednesday, January 31 |
Legislative Day 13
7:20am Ed Subcommittee of House Appropriations, Room 341 Capitol
8:30am House Appropriations, Room 341 Capitol
3pm Senate Ed Committee, Room 450 Capitol
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| Thursday, February 1 |
Legislative Day 14
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Day on Capitol Hill Registration Now Open
Please join us on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018, for Day on Capitol Hill. PAGE is partnering with the Georgia Association of Colleges of Teacher Education (GACTE) and the Georgia Association of Educational Leaders (GAEL) again in 2018. Our focus this year is Georgia's teacher pipeline, and we'll spend time under the Gold Dome and at our luncheon session discussing the future of the pipeline with state policymakers. We'll also hear from education budget expert Claire Suggs and Georgia's newly hired Chief Turnaround Officer Eric Thomas, Ph.D. Please register now for this FREE event and invite your House and Senate member to lunch on Feb 20.
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