PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA EDUCATORS

Return to Work Bill Passes House The House passed HB 385 by Rep. Shaw Blackmon (R-Bonaire), which allows retired educators to return to...

Education has captured considerable attention from lawmakers this session with multiple new bills already introduced and more expected....

House Budget Writers Review Proposed Changes to Current Year Education Spending Members of the House Appropriations Education...

Return-to-Work Bill Approved by House Retirement Committee with 30-Year Minimum Requirement The House Retirement Committee met for the...

2021 Bills Are Still in Play – Including Legislation Impacting GA’s Tuition Tax Credit Private School Voucher Several important education...

Appropriation Committees Kick Off the Budget Process State budget writers on the house and senate appropriations committees got to work...

GEER II Round One Funding The Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEER), provides COVID-19 relief to school districts. Gov. Kemp...

State of the State & Education Budget In his State of the State remarks today, Gov. Brian Kemp highlighted continued efforts of educators...

Senate Lawmakers Set Course to Address COLAs for ERS Members The Senate Retirement Committee expects to address cost of living...

2022 Georgia Legislative Session Convenes The House kicked off the 2022 Georgia legislative session by convening briefly for Legislative...

Special Legislative Session Underway The General Assembly convened for a special session to set new district lines for state and federal...

The Senate Retirement Committee met Friday, June 4, to discuss and approve legislation for actuarial study. Retirement legislation deemed...

Lawmakers focused on many issues critical to Georgians during the 2021 legislative session, including education. Private school vouchers,...

2021 Session Wraps -- Lawmakers Send Education Bills to Governor After the normal Day 40 slog through a heap of bills in both chambers,...

With Wednesday’s end of the 2021 legislative session looming, lawmakers in both chambers raced to approve long lists of bills including...

One-Time Pay Supplement Approved by SBOE The State Board of Education (SBOE) convened today for its March meeting and approved a...

House to Vote on Special Needs Voucher Expansion Bill The House Rules Committee moved SB 47, which expands the special needs private...

Starting March 25, All Georgians Over Age 16 are Vaccine Eligible At a press conference under the Gold Dome this afternoon, Gov. Brian...

With five days left in the legislative session, lawmakers are pushing to get bills across the finish line. HB 81, which outlines the...

Education Meetings Canceled and No News on Voucher Bill Education action was slim under the Gold Dome. Both a House Education...