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PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA EDUCATORS


Legislative Team
Feb 6
Day 13: AFY25 Budget Passes House and Multiple Education Bills Move Through Subcommittees
Floor action and committee work intensified today as education legislation progressed on the concluding day of week four. House Floor...

Robert Aycock
Jan 29
Day 8: PAGE Legislative Team Hosts Budget Webinar
Neither chamber had significant activity today. However, many committees have begun meeting. Bills are expected to soon begin moving...


Legislative Team
Jan 28
Day 7: Education Appropriations and Teachers Retirement System Reviewed
This morning, the House and Senate held short floor sessions, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court provided his State of the...

Margaret Ciccarelli
Jan 27
Day 6: Short Day After Winter Weather Upends Joint Appropriations Hearings
After cancellation of joint appropriations hearings last week due to winter weather, the House and Senate conducted short floor sessions...


Robert Aycock
Jan 15
Day 3: Quiet Legislative Day; Budget Hearings Upcoming
The third day of the 2025 Legislative Session was relatively uneventful. Both chambers are in the process of assigning members to...

Robert Aycock
Jan 13
Day 1: 2025 Session Begins
As the morning sun shone off melting snow, the Georgia General Assembly officially convened for the 2025 Legislative Session. This year...

Legislative Team
May 8, 2024
2024 Legislative Session Summary
UPDATE: The 40-day veto period has now passed, and Gov. Kemp did not veto any K-12 education legislation. As of May 7, 2024, all passed...


Legislative Team
Mar 29, 2024
Day 40: 2024 Session Adjourns, Sine Die
The House and Senate convened for the final day of the 2024 session and took action on a number of bills. Senate Approves Addy's Law,...

Legislative Team
Mar 7, 2024
Day 31: FY25 Budget Progresses, Literacy Screener Press Conference, Many Education-Related Bills Heard
House Passes FY2025 Budget with Raises for Certified Teachers and Staff By a vote of 172 to 1, the House passed HB 916, the FY25 Budget....

Legislative Team
Mar 5, 2024
Day 30: House Appropriations Approves FY25 Budget, Senate Ed Passes AED, Diabetes, & Charter School Bill with Single Statewide Score Attached
House Appropriations Committee Approves FY 2025 Budget Proposal Members of the House Appropriations Committee made changes to some items...

Legislative Team
Feb 6, 2024
Day 15: Amended Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Approved by Committee & Scheduled for Wednesday Vote in House
After remaining in recess Monday, the General Assembly returned to an extremely active Legislative Day 15. House Rules Committee sets AFY...


Robert Aycock
Jan 12, 2024
Day 5: One Week Down
An uneventful Friday morning marked the conclusion of the first week of the 2024 Legislative Session. Next week, both chambers stand...


Claire Suggs
Mar 8, 2023
Day 30: House Appropriations Committee Approves FY 2024 Budget Proposal, Including Educator Raise*
House Appropriations Committee Approves FY 2024 Budget Proposal House budget writers gave a “do-pass” to its version of the Fiscal Year...


Legislative Team
Feb 23, 2023
Day 23: Senate Passes AFY23 Budget, Voucher Bill Introduced, Education Bills Move
Senate Signs Off on AFY 2023 Budget The Senate approved its version of the Amended Fiscal Year (AFY 2023) budget. Senate lawmakers opted...


Legislative Team
Feb 13, 2023
Day 17: House Education Subcommittee Moves GHSA Review Bill; Ed Appropriations Reviews FY 24 Budget
Education Curriculum Subcommittee Passes Football Video Review Mandate HB 32 by Rep. Demetrius Douglas (D-Stockbridge) mandates that...

Legislative Team
Feb 8, 2023
Day 15: Senate Begins Review of AFY 2023 Budget; Joint Hearings on Literacy Continue
Senate Budget Writers Review House Budget Proposal State education agency leaders outlined changes the House made to Gov. Brian Kemp’s...

Legislative Team
Feb 2, 2023
Day 12: AFY23 Passes House; House Ed Discusses Literacy, Funding, Charter Schools, & More
Literacy Top Item for House Education Committee House Education Committee members got a look at strategies the Georgia Department of...


Margaret Ciccarelli
Jan 24, 2023
Day 6: Private School Voucher Expansion Introduced in House
Join us Tomorrow for a PAGE Webinar on Proposed AFY23 and FY24 State Education Budgets Please register today (Tuesday, Jan. 24) to join...

Claire Suggs
Jan 13, 2023
Day 4: Expanded Education Investments in Governor’s Budget Proposals
As described in Gov. Brian Kemp's inaugural address, he proposes a $2,000 pay raise for teachers and other certified staff in his Fiscal...


Margaret Ciccarelli
Jan 12, 2023
Day 3: Gov. Kemp Proposes $2K Pay Raise for Teachers, Pre-K Teachers, and Certified K-12 Personnel
Gov. Kemp Proposes Teacher Pay Raise at Swearing In In a joint session of the House and Senate, Gov. Brian Kemp was sworn in for his...
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