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Calendar
Wednesday, Feb. 1
House Education Subcommittee of Appropriations Committee - 8:00am - 341 CAP
Senate Education & Youth Committee Meeting - 2:00pm - 307 CLOB
Thursday, Feb. 2
House Education Subcommittee of Approrpriations Committee - 8:00am - 341 CAP
House Education Committee - 2:00pm - 606 CLOB
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House Passes AFY 2017 Budget -
Senate Committee Holds Hearing
Last Thursday, the House passed the amended FY2017 budget with only one dissenting vote. The Senate Appropriations Education Subcommittee met today to hear presentations from representatives of the Teacher Retirement System of Georgia, the Employee Retirement System of Georgia, the Georgia Department of Education, the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning, and the Governor's Office of Student Achievement, The House continues hearings on the FY 2018 budget tomorrow morning.
For PAGE's review of the AFY 2017 budget,
CLICK HERE.
CLICK HERE to review the House's version of the AFY 2017 budget (education begins on page 32).
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Senate HELP Committee Approves Betsy DeVos
at Committee Hearing
The United States Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions Committee met Tuesday morning for another hearing regarding the appointment of Betsy DeVos as U.S Education Secretary. Committee members approved her appointment sending the vote to the full U.S. Senate.
Voting followed party lines with the 12 Republicans on the committee voting "Yes," including Georgia Senator Johnny Isakson, and the 11 Democrats voting "No" despite several GOP senators expressing their concerns with Ms. DeVos' lack of experience working in, attending, or sending her own children to public schools and her apparent unfamiliarity with important federal education laws.
DeVos has been a controversial figure across the country with many senators receiving enough phone calls to overwhelm their voicemail for several days.
CLICK HERE for a full analysis of the hearing by The Washington Post.
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