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PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA EDUCATORS



Legislative Team
Feb 18
Day 18, Part 1: Educators Attend PAGE Day on a Packed Legislative Day Featuring Teach in the Peach
Please note that due to the volume of action under the Gold Dome today, the Day 18 report will be in two parts. The Day 19 report...


Legislative Team
Feb 5
Day 12: School Counselors Under the Gold Dome, AFY25 Budget Progresses
PAGE visited with the Georgia Association of School Counselors at the Capitol today. The Legislative staff took the photo, below right,...

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...


Margaret Ciccarelli
Jan 14
Day 2: Eggs & Issues and New Senate Ed Chair
State constitutional officers, legislators, business leaders, and hundreds of other Georgians gathered at the Georgia World Congress...

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
Feb 20, 2024
Day 23 Report, Part 1: PAGE Day on Capitol Hill, Public School Tax Credit, School Zone Speed Cameras, Georgia Teacher of the Year, Floor Action
Day 23 PAGE Report, Part One of Two Today’s report contains details on education-related events which occurred through lunchtime....

Legislative Team
Jan 9, 2024
Day 2: Stormy Outside, Quiet Inside
Storms Usher in Quiet and Quick Day The Senate gaveled in Tuesday morning for the second day of the session. Due to pouring rain and...


Legislative Team
Jan 8, 2024
Day 1: 2024 General Assembly Convenes
2024 Kick Off The Georgia House and Senate kicked off the 2024 legislative session by convening briefly for Legislative Day 1. Capitol...


Josh Stephens
Nov 29, 2023
Legislators Convene for Special Legislative Session
Special Legislative Session Underway The General Assembly convened today for a special session to set new district lines for state and...


Legislative Team
Feb 21, 2023
Day 21: PAGE Day on Capitol Hill & Busy Legislative Day
Thank You to All Who Attended PAGE Day on Capitol Hill 2023 2023 PAGE Day on Capitol Hill, in conjunction with the Georgia Association of...

Legislative Team
Feb 16, 2023
Day 20: Proposed Retirement Boost for Classified School Staff, GHSA Video Review, and Capital Outlay
Senate Retirement Committee Hears PAGE-Supported Retirement Bill Impacting Classified School Staff The committee passed SB 105, sponsored...


Margaret Ciccarelli
Feb 15, 2023
Day 19: Action on Gov. Kemp’s Safe Schools Act & Alternative High Schools Bill
Governor’s Safe Schools Act Passes Committee Gov. Brian Kemp’s House Floor Leader Will Wade (R-Dawsonville) presented HB 147, the Safe...


Legislative Team
Feb 7, 2023
Day 14: Senate Committees Continue Literacy Exploration; Vaccine Bill Passes Senate
Joint Senate Committee Continues Examination into Literacy Members of the Senate Education & Youth and Senate Higher Education committees...


Margaret Ciccarelli
Feb 6, 2023
Day 13: Capital Outlay and Alternative Schools Bills Move Through Subcommittee
Curriculum and Policy Subcommittees of House Ed Pass Capital Outlay and Alternative School Legislation The Education Curriculum...

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...


Legislative Team
Jan 31, 2023
Day 10: Joint Education & Retirement Committees Meet
Literacy in the Spotlight at Joint Senate Education Meeting State School Superintendent Richard Woods described several literacy-focused...


Margaret Ciccarelli
Jan 30, 2023
Day 9: Ed Bills Likely to Be Heard in Committee: Capital Outlay, Alternative Schools, Panic Buttons
Slow day in House and Senate – Education Legislation to Watch Neither the House nor the Senate voted on legislation Monday, Jan. 30, and...


Margaret Ciccarelli
Feb 22, 2022
Day 19: PAGE Day on Capitol Hill; Parents' Bill of Rights Passes Senate
Parents' Bill of Rights Passes Senate By a vote of 33 to 21, SB 449 by Sen. Clint Dixon (R-Buford), passed the Senate and now moves to...


Claire Suggs
Feb 17, 2022
Day 18: Movement on Bill Creating New Private School Voucher
Your Voice Needed as Voucher Bill Gains Steam HB 60, which aims to create the state’s third private school voucher program, may be up for...


Legislative Team
Feb 16, 2022
Committee Work Day: Return to Work, Student Technology Protection, and Alternative Evaluation Pilot
Student Technology Protection Act & Teacher Evaluation Pilot Approved The House Education Committee passed several bills today. HB 1217...
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