| Issue |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
|
 Assessment--Computer Based |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Online Learning
S.B. 289 - Online Learning
Directs the state board to establish rules and regulations to maximize the number of students, beginning with students entering ninth grade ...
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Attendance |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Attendance Records, Unexcused Absences
H.B. 39
Requires that declarations of intent and attendance records for home study programs be submitted to the department of education rather than ...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12,
Community College | Career Education, CTE
H.B. 713 - Career Education, CTE
Section 1: Delays until fall 2013 requirement that the state board of the Technical College System of Georgia require its institutions to ac...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Constitutional Amendment Regarding Charter Schools and Related Matters
H.R. 1162
Proposes an amendment to the Constitution of Georgia so as to (1) Clarify the authority of the General Assembly to provide for the establish...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Charter Schools and State Oversight
H.B. 797
Repeals and rewrites provisions related to the Georgia Charter Schools Commission. Provides legislative findings and intent regarding charte...
| More... |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Vetoed 05/2012 |
P-12 | State School Superintendent Authority to Employ and Dismiss Employees
S.B. 38
Provides that the state school superintendent has the authority to employ and dismiss employees. Revises a provision relating to contracting...
| More... |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Ten-Year Projection of Costs in Certain Fiscal Notes
H.B. 1178
To amend Code Section 28-5-42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to introduction of bills having significant impact upon an...
| More... |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Zero-Base Budgeting
S.B. 33
Directs the governor, in making his/her budget report, and budget units in preparing their estimates, to use zero-base budgeting, beginning ...
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Health--Child Abuse |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Child Abuse and Child Sexual Abuse
H.B. 1176
Existing law includes child service organization personnel among those who must report suspected child abuse. New provision defines "child s...
| More... |
High School--College Readiness |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Transitional Courses for 11th and 12th Graders Not College-Ready
H.B. 713 - Transitional Courses for 11th and 12th Graders Not College-Ready
Section 4: Requires that transitional courses for 11th and 12th graders in reading, writing and math be offered by all local boards, and req...
| More... |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Demonstration of Subject Area Competency
H.B. 713 - Demonstration of Subject Area Competency
Section 5: Delays until 2013-14 school year deadline by which the state board, in consultation with the board of regents of the University S...
| More... |
Leadership--District Superintendent |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Administrator Contracts, RIFs, Furlough Days
S.B. 153
Replaces reference to "principal" with reference to "administrator" in certain provisions pertaining to actions to terminate or suspend a sc...
| More... |
Leadership--District Superintendent |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Professional Learning Rules Task Force
S.B. 184 - Professional Learning Rules Task Force
Section 1: Directs the department of education to establish the Professional Learning Rules Task Force to review state board professional le...
| More... |
Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Online Clearinghouse
H.B. 175
Directs the department of education to develop a clearinghouse through which local school systems and charter schools may offer distance lea...
| More... |
P-3 Health and Mental Health |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Influenza Vaccine Information and Early Care and Education Programs
H.B. 845
Requires early care and education programs to annually provide parents with specified information on the influenza vaccine. Provides nothing...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Electronic Communications Devices
S.B. 289 - Electronic Communications Devices
Repeals section 20-2-1183, which provided that student possession of an electronic communication device in school is permitted or prohibited...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Textbooks and Assistive Technology Devices
S.B. 289 - Textbooks and Assistive Technology Devices
Clarifies that hardbound and softbound textbooks remain the property of the local unit purchasing or acquiring them, while assistive technol...
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Special Education |
Vetoed 05/2012 |
P-12 | Scholarship Program for Special Needs Students
H.B. 181
Specifies the language school systems must use to notify parents of a child's potential eligibility for a Georgia Special Needs Scholarship....
| More... |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
Postsec. | Confidential Student Data from Private Colleges
S.B. 405
Provides that a private college or university that submits confidential student data and records to the office of student achievement cannot...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Reduction in Force |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Reductions in Force
S.B. 184 - Reductions in Force
Section 2: Prohibits a local board from adopting or implementing a policy that allows length of service to be the primary or sole determinin...
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Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | School and School System Indicators of Quality, Report Cards
S.B. 410
Directs the office of student achievement to work in coordination to review, and revise as necessary, indicators of quality. Requires such r...
| More... |
Accountability--Rewards |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Achievement Grants
H.B. 706 - Achievement Grants
Repeals Section Section 20-2-253, relating to achievement grants to recognize schools and school systems with high achievement, high levels ...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
S.B. 227
Adopts the "Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children." Provides for the purpose and policy of the compact. Provid...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Age for Kindergarten or First Grade Entry for Children Moving from Abroad
H.B. 706 - Age for Kindergarten or First Grade Entry for Children Moving from Abroad
Clarifies that provisions for child's entry into kindergarten and 1st grade for a child who was a legal resident of one or more states two y...
| More... |
Attendance--Compulsory |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Administration and Enforcement of Compulsory Attendance Laws
H.B. 706 - Administration and Enforcement of Compulsory Attendance Laws
Clarifies that responsibility for administration and enforcement of compulsory attendance laws is the duty of the state department of educa...
| More... |
Cheating |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Forfeiture of Bonuses or Salary Increases for Cheating School Staff
H.B. 692
Provides for the automatic decrease in the salary of a teacher or other certificated professional personnel for any salary increase or bonus...
| More... |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Capital Outlay Funds Replace Exceptional Growth Program
H.B. 760
Makes changes to the state's facility funding program including:
--Eliminating additional funding for "exceptional growth" districts
--Strik...
| More... |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Funding for School Health Nurse Programs
S.B. 403
Includes school nurses in state funding formula based on full-time equivalent student counts. Requires one nurse for every 750 full-time equ...
| More... |
Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Demonstration Programs
H.B. 706 - Demonstration Programs
Repeals Section 20-2-251, relating to demonstration programs (defined by former statute as a document submitted by the local school system o...
| More... |
Governance--Regional Entities |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Legal Status of Regional Educational Service Agencies
H.B. 706 - Legal Status of Regional Educational Service Agencies
Clarifies the legal status of regional educational service agencies, to provide that regional educational service agencies are not state age...
| More... |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Powers of State Board
H.B. 706 - Powers of State Board
Repeals provision that authorized the state board, after a reasonable attempt at consultation with the state superintendent, to organize and...
| More... |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Education Research
H.B. 706 - Education Research
Repeals Section 20-2-254, which authorized the state board to engage in or otherwise provide for educational research. Page 6 of 11: http://...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Care of Students with Diabetes
H.B. 879
Provides legislative findings and definitions, including "diabetes medical management plan" and "trained diabetes personnel". Directs the de...
| More... |
Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | School Nurse Programs
S.B. 183
Permits local boards' school health nurse programs to include consulation with offsite health care professionals through appropriate protoco...
| More... |
Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Home Study Programs
H.B. 706 - Home Study Programs
Authorizes the department of education to permit parents to submit declaration of intent to use a home study program electronically. Provide...
| More... |
Leadership--District Superintendent |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Oath of Office for Local Superintendent
H.B. 706 - Oath of Office for Local Superintendent
Prior language required each county school superintendent to take an oath of office. New language replaces reference to "county school super...
| More... |
Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Deadline for Annual Performance Evaluations
H.B. 706 - Deadline for Annual Performance Evaluations
Eliminates a deadline for annual performance evaluations (continues to require annual performance evaluations, but eliminates requirement th...
| More... |
Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Professional Development |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Professional Development
S.B. 404
Directs the state board of education, in consultation with the professional standards commission, to establish category-level expenditure co...
| More... |
Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Professional Development |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Repealing Various Teacher and Leader Provisions
H.B. 706 - Repealing Various Teacher and Leader Provisions
Repeals: (1) Section 20-2-212.3, relating to increasing teachers' salaries in areas of shortage; (2) Section 20-2-212.4, relating to an addi...
| More... |
Middle School |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Program for Middle School Children During Nonschool Hours
H.B. 706 - Program for Middle School Children During Nonschool Hours
Repeals Section 20-2-312, relating to a state program for middle school children during nonschool hours. Page 7 of 11: http://www.legis.ga.g...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Electronic Communication Devices in School
H.B. 706 - Electronic Communication Devices in School
Repeals Section 20-2-1183, which provided that student possession of an electronic communication device in school was to be permitted or pro...
| More... |
Health |
Adopted 02/2012 |
P-12 | CPR Classes and Automated External Defibrillators in Public Schools
S.R. 590
Urges the Georgia Department of Education to implement cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) classes and the implementation of automated exter...
| More... |
21st Century Skills |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Certification in "Soft Skills"
H.B. 186 - Certification in "Soft Skills"
Authorizes the Governor's Office of Workforce Development to establish certification in soft skills, which may include, but not be limited t...
| More... |
Accountability |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Increased Flexibility for Increased Accountability
H.B. 192
Extends until end of 2014-15 school year the provision that each local school system either notify the department of its intention to reques...
| More... |
Assessment--End-of-Course |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Career, Technical and Agricultural Courses
H.B. 186 - Career, Technical and Agricultural Courses
By July 2012, directs the state board to approve department-developed models and curriculum frameworks for 16 areas of career/technical educ...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Foster Care Student Attending Court Proceedings
H.B. 314
Provides that a foster care student who attends court proceedings relating to the student's foster care must not be counted as an absence, e...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | State Education Finance Study Commission
H.B. 192 - State Education Finance Study Commission
Establishes the State Education Finance Study Commission to evaluate the Quality Basic Education (QBE) Formula and education funding for pub...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | College and Career Academies
S.B. 161
Amends provisions related to career academies. Defines "college and career academy" as a specialized charter school established by a partner...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Tax Credits |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Tax Credits and Student Scholarship Organizations
H.B. 325
Expands definition of "eligible student" to include 1st graders (previously included only students in a qualified kindergarten or pre-kinder...
| More... |
Class Size |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Class Size
H.B. 192 - Class Size
Extends for 2013-14 and 2014-15 school years certain temporary provisions that permit the average class size for certain programs to be equi...
| More... |
Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Expenditure Controls
H.B. 192 - Expenditure Controls
Extends for 2013-14 and 2014-15 schools years a provision waiving expenditure controls relating to direct instructional costs, media center ...
| More... |
Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Professional Standards Commission
H.B. 285
Directs the Professional Standards Commission to revise its certification renewal rules to require, effective July 2015, demonstration of th...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Administering Auto-Injectable Epinephrine
H.B. 227
Permits a school to receive and store auto-injectable epinephrine on behalf of a student who is not able to self-administer the medication i...
| More... |
High School--College Readiness |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | College and Career Readiness
H.B. 186 - College and Career Readiness
Directs the state board, working with the board of regents of the University System of Georgia and the board of technical and adult educatio...
| More... |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Dual Credit
H.B. 186 - Dual Credit
Repeals Section 20-2-161.1 relating to enrollment of high school students in postsecondary courses. Directs the state board, the board of re...
| More... |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Credit Based on Demonstration of Competency
H.B. 186 - Credit Based on Demonstration of Competency
Directs the state board, in consultation with the board of regents of the University System of Georgia and the board of technical and adult ...
| More... |
Middle School |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Middle School Program
H.B. 192 - Middle School Program
Amends grade configurations and other criteria that qualify schools for participation in the middle school program. Repeals provision requir...
| More... |
P-3 Ensuring Quality |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Emergency Closure of an Early Care and Education Program
S.B. 185
Provides for emergency closure of an early care and education program upon the death of a minor or where a child's safety or welfare is in i...
| More... |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
Community College,
Postsec. | State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia
H.B. 49
Changes the name of the State Board of Technical and Adult Education to the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia. http://w...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Remediation
H.B. 192 - Remediation
Extends for 2013-14 and 2014-15 school years a provision waiving the state from specified reimbursement for additional days of instruction f...
| More... |
Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Individual Graduation Plans
H.B. 186 - Individual Graduation Plans
Amends Sections 20-2-82(e), 20-2-244(b) and 20-2-2065(b)(13) to clarify that the state board may not authorize waivers to and charter school...
| More... |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
P-12 | School Board Member Terms
S.B. 79
Provides that members of local boards of education must serve terms of no less than four years. Provides for a phase-in period and for excep...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 04/2011 |
P-12 | Professional Learning
H.R. 489
Directs the professional standards commission to (1) Revise its certification renewal rules so that demonstration of the impact of professio...
| More... |
Leadership |
Adopted 03/2011 |
P-12 | Performance-Based Coaching Programs
H.R. 491
Strongly encourages the development of performance-based coaching programs that are designed for principals and district administrators to i...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
Postsec. | HOPE Scholarship and Other Financial Aid
H.B. 326
Amends the method by which the amount of the HOPE scholarship is calculated. Additionally specifies that remedial or developmental courses m...
| More... |
Attendance |
Adopted 08/2010 |
P-12 | Student Enrollment and Withdrawal
GA ADC 160-5-1-.28
Amends provisions related to student enrollment and withdrawal. http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/doe/legalservices/160-5-1-.28.pdf...
| More... |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Adopted 08/2010 |
P-12 | Courses That May Be Completed for Graduation Credit
160-4-2-.20
Rule 160-4-2-.20 identifies changes to course designations, including courses that may be taken for core graduation credit (as opposed to el...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Adopted 07/2010 |
P-12 | Alternative/Non-Traditional Education Programs
160-4-8-.12
Rule 160-4-8-.12, "Alternative Education Programs" has been repealed and a new rule adopted. Defines "alternative/non-traditional education ...
| More... |
Finance--Facilities |
Adopted 07/2010 |
P-12 | Educational Facility Site, Construction, and Reimbursement
160-5-4-.16
Amends provisions governing approval of all sites to be used for instructional purposes, design of all new educational facilities, additions...
| More... |
High School--Exit Exams |
Adopted 07/2010 |
P-12 | Waivers and Variances of High School Graduation Assessments
160-1-3-.09
Amends provisions providing alternatives to students who fail the high school graduation assessment. http://public.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/...
| More... |
School Safety |
Adopted 07/2010 |
P-12 | Student Seclusion and Restraint
160-5-1-.35
Establishes rules for appropriate use of seclusion (including time-out) and restraint for all students, when necessary for student safety.
h...
| More... |
Attendance |
Vetoed 06/2010 |
P-12 | Compulsory School Attendance
S.B. 239 - Section 2
Requires a parent whose child is of compulsory school age and who becomes a new resident of a local school system to enroll his/her child in...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
Vetoed 06/2010 |
P-12 | Middle School and Academic Instruction per Day
H.B. 907
Revises and clarifies language relating to the organization of schools serving grades 6, 7 and/or 8. Provides that schools serving any of th...
| More... |
Civic Education--Civic Knowledge and Literacy |
Vetoed 06/2010 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Constitution Day Educational Programs
S.B. 239 - Section 1 and 3
Requires all K-12 schools and colleges/universities receiving state funds to hold an educational program on the governing principles of the ...
| More... |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | Donations and Gifts for Educational Purposes
H.B. 1200
Authorizes local boards of education to solicit and accept donations, contributions and gifts from any source for purposes of field trips an...
| More... |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | Amendment to Transparency in Government Act
H.B. 1013
Requires local boards of education to submit specified information on tax revenues to the department of audits and accounts for posting on a...
| More... |
Finance--Federal |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | Georgia Education Authority
H.B. 936 - Section 2 and 3
Amends language related to the Georgia Education Authority (Schools). Reduces authority membership from 7 to 5 members; replaces existing me...
| More... |
Finance--Federal |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | Amendments to Transparency in Government Act
S.B. 389
Amends "Transparency in Government Act" to include in the definition of "agency" all departments (including the department of education), an...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | Weapons on School Property
S.B. 308
Amends definition of "school safety zone", to remove from definition "within 1,000 feet of" public or private K-12 school or postescondary i...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | School Bus Replacement Funds
H.B. 936 - Section 1
Provides that the replacement allowance for purchasing new school buses must also be available to refurbish existing school buses. http://ww...
| More... |
Accountability--School Improvement |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Research-Based Approaches for Low-Performing High Schools
H.B. 400 - New Section 20-2-326, 328 and 329
20-2-326 defines:
--"Career academy" as (1) a specialized charter school established by a partnership between one or more local boards of ed...
| More... |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | List of Registered Sex Offenders
H.B. 651
Replaces requirement that the department of education (DOE) annually send each school a list of all registered sex offenders with requiremen...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Petition for a Conversion Charter for a High School Cluster
S.B. 457
Existing legislation defines "high school cluster" as a high school and all its feeder middle and elementary schools, including both public ...
| More... |
Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Pledge of Allegiance in Required Curriculum
S.B. 518
Requires study of the pledge of allegiance to the U.S. and Georgia flag as a part of the required studies regarding American institutions an...
| More... |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Georgia Workforce Investment Board and Office of Workforce Development
H.B. 1195
Creates the Workforce Investment Board and the Governor's Office of Workforce Development for the purpose of implementing state workforce de...
| More... |
Equity |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Gender Equity Reporting
H.B. 910
Removes some requirements on the department of education relating to annual gender equity reporting; provides for related matters. http://ww...
| More... |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Eligibility for Capital Outlay Projects
H.B. 905
Provides that specific provisions allowing districts to receive state funds for capital outlay projects will be repealed effective June 30, ...
| More... |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Waivers to Reduce School Expenditures
H.B. 908
From bill summary: Temporarily waives certain expenditure controls relating to funds earned for direct instructional costs, media center cos...
| More... |
Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Local Board Members and Local Superintendents
S.B. 84
Requires local board member who moves out of local board jurisdiction to notify the local board secretary within 10 days of such move. Allow...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Local Board Members and Bail Bond Businesses
H.B. 980
Repeals provision that barred a local school board member from engaging in the bail bond business in the jurisdiction of the board to which ...
| More... |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Georgia Foundation for Public Education
S.B. 427
Establishes the Georgia Foundation for Public Education. Provides for its membership, duties, powers and purposes, including (among other pu...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Diabetes Control Grant Program
S.B. 435
Enacts the Diabetes and Health Improvement Act of 2010. Establishes the Diabetes Control Grant Program. Provides for an advisory committee. ...
| More... |
High School--College Readiness |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | "College-Ready" Benchmark and Individual Graduation Plans
H.B. 400 - New Section 20-2-327
Provides that student performance at the advanced proficiency/honors level on any tests required for high school graduation must be recogniz...
| More... |
High School--Exit Exams |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | CTE Exams Substituting for Portions of High School Graduation Exam
H.B. 400 - Amended Section 20-2-281
Directs the state board to consider passage of an industry certification exam or state board-approved licensure exam when considering granti...
| More... |
High School--GED (General Education Development) |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
Postsec. | HOPE GED Voucher
S.B. 341
Rewrites Section 20-3-519.6 relating to HOPE GED vouchers. Previous legislation awarded a one-time $500 voucher to each student earning a GE...
| More... |
Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Administrator Raises during Furlough Years
H.B. 977
Prohibits the use of state funds to provide a salary increase for the local school superintendent or administrators during a school year in ...
| More... |
Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Placement on Salary Schedule Based on Leadership Degree
H.B. 923
Allows an educator, regardless of whether or not he/she is in a leadership position, to be placed on the salary schedule based on the leader...
| More... |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Transportation
S.B. 392
Defines "educational institution" as any K-12 school, child care learning center, or college, university, technical school or other institut...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Reporting Student Info for Potential HOPE Eligibility
S.B. 340
Requires districts and private schools to adopt a reporting system for freshman, sophomore and junior high school students for the purpose o...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Zero Tolerance Policy
S.B. 299
Changes provisions relating to the zero tolerance policy on weapons in schools. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/sb299.pdf...
| More... |
School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Anti-Bullying and Disrupting Public School
S.B. 250
Amends definition of "bullying" to include cyberbullying and acts committed at school-related locations such as school grounds, school bus s...
| More... |
School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Definition of "Sexual Assault"
H.B. 571
Defines "school" and revises definition of "sexual assault" to clarify that one definition is engagement in sexual contact by a teacher, pri...
| More... |
Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Web-Based Counseling
S.B. 387
Requires the Georgia Student Finance Commission to (1) Provide students in grades 6-12 with web-based counseling, career awareness inventori...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Certification Renewal for Teachers and Parapros
H.B. 1307
Suspends professional learning requirements for certification renewal for teachers and paraprofessionals from July 2010 to July 2015. Repeal...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Means of Payment of Certification Fees
H.B. 1079
Authorizes certification fees to be paid by credit card, debit card or other method as approved by the professional standards commission. ht...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Teachers Retirement System
H.B. 969
Adds provision that for purposes of the state teachers retirement system, the normal retirement age is whichever comes first: (1) 60 if the ...
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Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Public Disclosure Requirements
H.B. 1086
Relates to exemptions to requirements for disclosure of public records, so as to provide that certain personal information relating to teach...
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Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Inclusion of Digital Content in Definition of "Textbook"
S.B. 319
Requires the definition of a K-12 "textbook" to include computer hardware, software and technical equipment necessary to support the use of ...
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Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12 | Continuation of Certified Personnel Contracts
H.B. 906
Relates to annual contracts for certified K-12 personnel. Extends to May 15 (for the 2010-11, 2011-12, and 2012-13 school years only) the de...
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Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
Adopted 01/2010 |
P-12 | Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Program
160-5-1-.34
New Rule 160-5-1-.34 has been adopted, governing the Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Program. http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/doe/lega...
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High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Adopted 01/2010 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Dual Enrollment
160-4-2-.34
Rule 160-4-2-.34 has been repealed and a new rule adopted. ...
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Accountability |
Adopted 11/2009 |
P-12 | LEA Contracts for Flexibility and Accountability
GAC 160 -5-1-.33
Renames rule (previously titled "School District Contracts for Flexibility and Accountability to Improve Student Achievement") to "Investing...
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Adopted 11/2009 |
P-12 | Athletics Participation, No Pass No Play Grades 6-12
GAC 160 -5-1-.18, -.19
Adds that retention of students for athletic purposes is prohibited. Repeals rule 160-5-1-.19 "Grades 6-8: Competitive Interscholastic Activ...
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Assessment--Formative/Interim |
Vetoed 05/2009 |
P-12 | Dropout Prevention
S.B. 178 Section 10, Part 2
Directs the state board of education to develop an evidence-based model program for chronically low-performing high schools receiving a refo...
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Attendance |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Military Students
S.B. 114
Provides for the transfer of students who are military dependents into a local school system. Provides that students must be placed in grade...
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Career/Technical Education |
Vetoed 05/2009 |
P-12 | Career Test Substituting for Exit Exam
S.B. 178, Section 11
Directs the state board to consider a passing score on an employer or industry certification exam or state board-approved state licensure ex...
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Career/Technical Education |
Vetoed 05/2009 |
P-12 | College- and Work-Ready Programs of Study
S.B. 178 Section 10, Part 1
Enacts the "Building Resourceful Individuals to Develop Georgia's Economy Act". Directs the department of education to develop focused progr...
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Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Interdistrict Choice
H.B. 251 Section 1
Beginning in the 2009-10 school year, allows a K-12 student to enroll in another school in the district other than the one he/she has been a...
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Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
Vetoed 05/2009 |
P-12 | Vouchers
H.B. 100
Amends provisions regarding educational improvement and taxation of student scholarship organizations. Provides that a student who was eligi...
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Finance--Funding Formulas |
Vetoed 05/2009 |
P-12 | Capital Outlay Funds
S.B. 178 Sections 3-7
Sections 3-5: Adds sunset date of June 30, 2011 to subsections (h) and (j) of Code Section 20-2-260, relating to capital outlay funds genera...
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Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Vetoed 05/2009 |
P-12 | Expenditure Controls
S.B. 178 Sections 8 and 9
Adds new subsections to Code Section 20-2-167 and 20-2-184.1. Provides that for the 2008-09 and 2009-10 school years, the expenditure contro...
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Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Nepotism
H.B. 251- Section Affecting Superintendent Selection
This section of H.B. 251 prohibits any person from being eligible to be appointed, employed, or to serve as superintendent of schools of any...
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Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Anti-Nepotism Provisions
H.B. 251 Section 2
Defines immediate family member. Effective with local board members elected or appointed after July 2009, bars an individual who has an imme...
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Health |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Information about Meningitis
H.B. 300
Requires local school systems to provide information to parents of students in grades 6-12 on meningococcal meningitis disease and its vacci...
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High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Vetoed 05/2009 |
P-12 | Counting Certain Dual Enrollment Students
S.B. 178 Sections 1 and 2
Adds provisions for counting dual enrollment students who are enrolled in a program other than that established in Code Section 20-2-161.1.
...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. | HOPE Eligibility for Military Children
H.B. 484
Provides that dependent children of military personnel stationed in the state on active duty meet the residency requirements for purposes of...
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Postsecondary Students--Military |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Georgia Military College
S.R. 96
Urges the Board of Trustees and the president of the Georgia Military College to maintain the current military programs at the military juni...
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Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Authorization of Four-Day School Week
H.B. 193
Allows districts to provide the equivalent of a 180-day school year. Provides that beginning in the 2010-11 school year, schools may be clos...
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Curriculum--Mathematics |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | Financial Incentives to Math and Science Teachers
H.B. 280
Provides that effective July 2010, and until there is no longer a shortage of math and science teachers, a secondary school teacher licensed...
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Curriculum--Physical Education |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | Student Health and Physical Education Act
H.B. 229
Enacts the Student Health and Physical Education Act. Beginning in the 2011-12 school year, requires local school systems to conduct an annu...
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Finance--Lotteries |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Lottery Shortfall Reserve Subaccounts
H.B. 157
Defines "highest year-end balance" as the highest total amount of unexpended and uncommitted funds in the Lottery for Education Account, as ...
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Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | Eligibility for School Board Service
S.B. 14
Provides that no person who is on the national or state sex offender registry may be eligible for election to or service on a local board of...
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Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | State Contracts and Purchases
S.B. 44
Establishes elements that must be reflected in state board rules on contracts or purchases of $100 or more. Requires the state board, to the...
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Health |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | Auto-Injectible Epinephrine
S.B. 8
Authorizes students to possess and self-administer prescription auto-injectable epinephrine. Requires local board policies to include
provis...
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High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Dual/Concurrent Enrollment
H.B. 149
Enacts the Move on When Ready Act, which provides a program for 11th and 12th grade students to attend postsecondary institutions for high s...
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Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | High School Honors Program
S.B. 210
Includes home schooled students among those students eligible to participate in the high school honors program during the summer months. htt...
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P-3 |
Adopted 04/2009 |
P-12 | Bright from the Start Program
GAC 591-1-1-.16 and .31
Amends rules concerning the Bright From the Start Program, including governing body, licensure and staff....
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. | GPAs for Hope Scholarship Eligibility
H.B. 313
Specifies a revised method of calculating grade point average for purposes of HOPE scholarship eligibility, effective with students entering...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 04/2009 |
P-12 | Teacher Certification
GAC 505-2-.01 to .206 non seq, 505-2-.27 to .166 non seq, 505-3-.05 to .86 non seq
Establishes new rules and amends exiting rules concerning educator certifications, including types of classifications and certificates, stan...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds. |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | Salary Increases for National Board-Certified Teachers
H.B. 243
Eliminates provision that a teacher must be granted two days of approved paid leave to prepare the portfolio of student work required for na...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | Teachers with Leadership Degrees
H.B. 455
Adds provision that an educator's placement on the salary schedule cannot be based on a leadership degree earned on or after July 1, 2010, u...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | Employees' Retirement System
H.B. 452
Provides that members joining the Employees' Retirement System on or after July 1, 2009 are not eligible to receive any post-retirement bene...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Adopted 03/2009 |
P-12 | Grant Programs
GAC 96-1-.01, .04, .05, .07
Establishes guidelines for the Juvenile Delinquency Prevention and Treatment grant program, the Abstinence Until Marriage grant program, the...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Adopted 03/2009 |
P-12 | School Bus Retrofit Grant Program
GAC 391-3-21.10
Establishes guidelines for the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program School Bus Retrofit Grant Program and the Diesel Engine Retrofi...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 02/2009 |
P-12 | Teacher Preparation and Certification
GAC 505-2-.08, .13, .21, .38, .150, .153, .154, .157, .161, .164, 505-3-.33, .66, .67, .76
Amends, repeals, and replaces rules concerning teacher certification and educator preparation, including international exchange certificates...
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Assessment |
Adopted 12/2008 |
P-12 | State Assessments
GAC 160-3-1-.07
Eliminates reference to Georgia Kindergarten Assessment Program - Revised (GKAP-R). Provides all kindergarten students must be assessed usin...
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P-3 |
Adopted 12/2008 |
P-12 | Bright From the Start
GAC 591-2-1-.01 to ,07
Establishes rules implementing the pre-K Bright From The Start grant program. ...
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Finance--Facilities |
Approved by voters 11/2008 |
P-12 | Funding Facilities
V. 3
(BALLOT MEASURE SR 996) Proposes an amendment to the Constitution to authorize community redevelopment and authorize counties, municipalitie...
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Accountability |
Adopted 10/2008 |
P-12 | Increased Local Flexibility and Accountability
GAC 160-5-1-.33
Allows school districts to enter into contracts with the state to allow for increased local flexibility and accountability. http://www.doe.k...
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No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
Adopted 10/2008 |
P-12 | Supplemental Education Services in Title I Schools
GAC 160-4-5-.03
Amends rule related to supplemental educational services (SES) in Title I schools. Adds provision regarding "supplemental educational servic...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Adopted 10/2008 |
P-12 | Public School Construction
GAC 160-5-4-.15
Amends rule to address processing of plans and specifications for public school construction for the board. Specifies that rule must apply t...
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Service-Learning |
adopted 07/2008 |
P-12 | Learn and Serve Grant
GAC 160-1-4.258
Amends rule to address the purpose, terms and conditions, eligible recipients, criteria for award, and directions and deadlines for applying...
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Assessment |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | Norm-Referenced Assessments
H.B. 637
Relates to the assessment of effectiveness of educational programs under the Quality Basic Education Act. Provides that each local school sy...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | Georgia Charter Schools Commission
H.B. 881
Establishes the Georgia Charter Schools Commission as a state-level charter school authorizing entity working in collaboration with the depa...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | Charter School Capital Finance Act
H.B. 831
Establishes the Charter School Capital Finance Act. Directs the state board of education to establish a grant program for qualified charter ...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | Charter School Finance
H.B. 1065
Relates to the sales tax for educational purposes to authorize local charter schools and state chartered special schools as capital outlay p...
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Choice of Schools--Tax Credits |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | Tax Credits
H.B. 1133
Authorizes the creation of "student scholarship organizations" that allocate funds for scholarships or grants allowing preschool and K-12 st...
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Curriculum--Arts Education |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | Georgia Arts Alliance
H.B. 291
Creates the Georgia Arts Alliance to receive and distribute funds for the support of the arts, including the Georgia Council for the Arts, a...
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Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | Made in Georgia Program
S.B. 359
Relates to Department of Economic Development. Creates a Made in Georgia program promoting goods and products manufactured in Georgia by sho...
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Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Transparency in Government Act
S.B. 300
Provides for audits and the examination of books and records. Provides for the creation and maintenance of a searchable Web site that provid...
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Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | Board Members Selling School Supplies
H.B. 602
Provides an exception to provision prohibiting a school board member from selling school supplies or equipment to the county board. http://w...
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Health |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | Defibrillators in Schools
H.B. 1031
Requires each public high school with an interscholastic athletics program to have at least one functioning automated external defibrillator...
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High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | HOPE Scholarship Eligibility
S.B. 492
Revises provision relating to the determination of resident status of students for tuition or fees. Adds public or private schools located i...
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Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Adopted 05/2008 |
P-12 | Accountability Audits, Georgia Virtual School
GAC 160-7-1-.04, 160-8-1-.01
160-7-1-.04: Clarifies rules regarding the audit procedures for the Governor's Office of Student Achievement (OSA). http://www.doe.k12.ga.us...
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P-3 Child Care |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | Definition of Day-Care Center
H.B. 1169
Revises the definition of a day-care center to exclude certain private schools that provide K-12 education. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/leg...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
Postsec. | HOPE Scholarship Eligibility
H.B. 152
Relates to Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally (HOPE) scholarships and grants. Provides that otherwise qualified students who either re...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
Postsec. | Student Loans
S.B. 169
Creates new sections 20-3-395 ff. related to student loans. Authorizes the Georgia Student Finance Authority to provide direct, low-interest...
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Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
Community College,
Postsec. | Technical College System of Georgia
S.B. 435
Changes the name of the Department of Technical and Adult Education to the Technical College System of Georgia. http://www.legis.state.ga.us...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | Internet Safety
S.B. 474
Directs the department of education to develop a model program for educating students about safety while using the Internet, taking into con...
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School Safety--Code of Conduct |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | Inappropriate Behavior by an Educator
H.B. 1321
Provides that falsifying, misrepresenting, omitting, or erroneously reporting reports of instances of inappropriate behavior by a teacher, a...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | School Bus Safety Week
H.B. 790
Declare the third week of October "School Bus Safety Week." http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2007_08/pdf/hb790.pdf...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | School Bus Drivers Appreciation Day
H.B. 791
Declares the third Monday of October "School Bus Drivers Appreciation Day." http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2007_08/pdf/hb791.pdf...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | School Bus Routes and Railroad Crossings
H.B. 426
Relates to the installation of protective devices at railroad grade crossings. Requires that school districts annually provide the departmen...
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State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | State Data System
S.B. 344
Rewrites section 20-2-320 relating to the Education Information Steering Committee. Replaces with language regarding the state-wide comprehe...
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Students |
Vetoed 05/2008 |
P-12 | Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
S.B. 345
Adds Georgia as a member of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. Includes provisions related to unoffici...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | Investigating Complaints Against Educators
H.B. 250
Authorizes the professional standards commission to investigate complaints alleging that an educator has been convicted of any other crimina...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | Joint Study Committee on Teacher Training and Certification
H.R. 1103
Creates the Joint Study Committee on Teacher Training and Certification. Provides that in the event the committee makes a report of its find...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | Rehiring Retired Teachers
S.B. 327
Relates to retirement benefits under the Teachers Retirement System of the State; provides that a retired teacher who has been retired for a...
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Accountability |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 | Flexibility in Exchange for Increased Accountability
H.B. 1209
Relates to elementary and secondary education; provides that a local school system may enter into a contract with the state board of educati...
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Special Populations--Corrections Education |
Adopted 02/2008 |
P-12 | Residential Facility Grants
GAC 160-5-2-.06
Clarifies rules regarding the providing of grants to local units of administration and facilities serving eligible children, which are child...
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Special Education |
Adopted 12/2007 |
P-12 | Special Education
GAC 160-4-7
Revises rules regarding special education, including the rights of children and parents and assists educational agencies to provides for suc...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 12/2007 |
P-12 | Teacher Certification
GAC 505-2-.10, -.26, -.96, -.150, -.166, -.167, -.202,-.300, -.350, -.351, -.352, -.353, - .354, -.355; 505-3-.62, -.63
505-2-.10: Adds provisions and clarification for National Guard personnel to apply for JROTC instructor positions, which is now authorized b...
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Bilingual/ESL |
Adopted 09/2007 |
P-12 | Student Assessment Programs
GAC 160-3-1-.07
Adds language regarding the Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State to State for English Language Learners (ACCESS for EL...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Adopted 09/2007 |
P-12 | Charter Schools
GAC 160-4-9-.04
Clarifies rules regarding charter schools, including applicable definitions, responsibilities, petition provisions and termination of the ch...
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High School--Graduation Requirements |
Adopted 09/2007 |
P-12 | High School Graduation Requirements
160-4-2-.48
Amends graduation requirements for students enrolling in grade 9 for the first time in the 2008-2009 school year and subsequent years (gradu...
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Class Size |
Adopted 08/2007 |
P-12 | Class Size in Grades 9-12
GAC 160-5-1-.08, -.10
Establishes class size maximums for core courses in grades 9-12. http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/doe/legalservices/160-5-1-.08.pdf...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Charter Systems Act
S.B. 39
Enacts the Charter Systems Act. Amends definitions of "charter," "charter petitioner," "local revenue," and "petition," and adding definitio...
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Class Size |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Multiples and Maximum Class Sizes
S.B. 123
Requires twins or other multiples to be placed in the same classroom if the parent requests. Also allows districts to establish maximum clas...
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Governance--Site-Based Management |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Membership of School Councils
S.B. 72 (Section 1)
Specifies that parents of students enrolled in the school must comprise a majority of school council members. Replaces prior requirement tha...
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Governance--Site-Based Management |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | School Administrative Managers
S.B. 72 (Section 2)
Authorizes local districts to hire school administrative managers in lieu of or in addition to assistant principals. Provides that such scho...
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High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | American Sign Language
S.B. 170
Provides that any student, not just a deaf student, may fulfill the foreign language requirements for a college preparatory curriculum seal ...
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High School--International Baccalaureate |
Vetoed 05/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Postsecondary Credit for International Baccalaureate
H.B. 467
Directs each public institution of higher education, by December 31, 2007, to adopt a policy to award undergraduate course credit to enterin...
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Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Grade Integrity Act of 2007
S.B. 9
Enacts the Grade Integrity Act of 2007. Provides that no classroom teacher shall be required, coerced, intimidated, or disciplined in any ma...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Georgia HERO Scholarship
H.B. 131
Relates to definitions relative to the Georgia HERO (Helping Educate Reservists and their Offspring) Scholarship, so as to provide that surv...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Vetoed 05/2007 |
Postsec. | HOPE Eligibility for Georgia Military College Students
H.B. 363
Relates to eligibility requirements for a Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally (HOPE) grant. Provides that students at Georgia Military ...
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School Safety--Uniforms/Dress Codes |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Referendum on School Uniforms
H.B. 712
Provides for a nonbinding, advisory referendum in November 2008 for residents of the DeKalb County School System regarding whether school un...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Act
S.B. 10
Enacts the Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Act to provide scholarships for public school students with disabilities to attend eligible pri...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Education of Deaf Students
S.B. 168
Enacts the Deaf Child's Bill of Rights Act. In developing an individualized education (IEP) program for a child who is deaf or hard of heari...
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Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Joint Study Committee on Continuing Education and Collegiate Sports Programs for Students with Disabilities
H.R. 322
Creates a Joint Study Committee on Continuing Education and Collegiate Sports Programs for Students with Disabilities. Directs the committee...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Local Alternative Teacher Certification Programs
S.B. 72 (Section 4)
Subject to approval by the professional standards commission, authorizes a district to provide a secondary-level alternative teacher certifi...
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Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools |
Adopted 01/2007 |
P-12 | Title IIA Program Grant
GAC 160-1-4-.273
Establishes rules regarding the Title IIA Program Grant, which distributes funds for schools with a proven spending record of Title IIA fund...
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Special Education--Finance |
Adopted 11/2006 |
P-12 | Grant Programs--Terminations and Submissions
GAC 160-1-4-.01, .17, .48, .53, .60, .85, .100, .124, .127, .129,.175, .187, .191, .195, .198, .202, .236, .257, .259, .264, .268, .269
Terminates various grant programs within the state board of education. Creates low incidence grant program to provide funds to districts tha...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 11/2006 |
P-12 | Teacher Preparation and Certification
GAC 505-2-.05, .06, .25, .38, .150, .162, .163, .165, .202, .204, .205, .206; 505-3-.16, -.85
Clarifies various rules regarding certification, including certificaton for interns, non-renewable professionals, teaching endorsements, saf...
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Student Supports--Remediation |
Adopted 07/2006 |
P-12 | Remediation, Charter Schools, Class Size, Student Attendance
GAC 160-4-5-.01; -4-9-.04; -5-1-.08, -.10
Clarifies rules regarding the following:
Remedial education for students in grades 6-12: http://rules.sos.state.ga.us/docs/160/4/5/01.pdf...
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Accountability |
Adopted 06/2006 |
P-12 | Comprehensive Academic Performance System (CAPS) Demonstration Site Grant
GAC 160-1-4-.272
Clarifies rules regarding the Comprehensive Academic Performance System (CAPS) Demonstration Site Grant. The intent of the funding is to pro...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Adopted 06/2006 |
P-12 | Grant Programs
GAC 96-1-.01, .02, .04, .05
Clarifies rules regarding grants for juvenile delinquency prevention and treatment, Title V prevention, abstinence education and juvenile ac...
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Bilingual/ESL |
Adopted 06/2006 |
P-12 | Program for English Language Learners (ELLs)
GAC 160-4-2-.03; -5-.02
Amends requirements for language assistance for English language learners (ELLs). http://rules.sos.state.ga.us/docs/160/4/5/02.pdf...
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Accountability--School Improvement |
Adopted 05/2006 |
P-12 | Academic Coach Improvement Grant
GAC 160-1-4-.271
Provides for the employment of an academic coach at a public school based on the teaching and learning needs identified in the school improv...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | Dropout Prevention
S.B. 413 Section 1 and 2
Changes certain provisions relating to mandatory education for children between ages six and 16; provides that an unemancipated minor older ...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
Adopted 05/2006 |
P-12 | Alcohol and Drug Awareness Program
GAC 375-5-4
Establishes rules regarding the Alcohol and Drug Awareness Program for Georgia schools. Requires all schools serving students grade nine and...
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Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | Career and Technical Education Oversight Commission
H.B. 1228
Creates the Career and Technical Education Oversight Commission. Requires the head of the career and technical education program of the dep...
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Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | Agricultural Education Advisory Commission
H.B. 1227
Creates the Agricultural Education Advisory Commission. Requires the head of the agricultural education program of the Department of Educati...
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Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority
S.B. 562
Creates the Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority as a body corporate and politic, an instrumentality of the state, and a public cor...
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High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | HOPE Scholarships
S.B. 561
Relates to HOPE scholarships and grants. Clarifies language related to program eligibility of students in a first professional degree progra...
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Special Populations--Corrections Education |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | Corrections Education
S.B. 618
Changes provisions to the Quality Basic Education Act; changes certain provisions relating to eligibility of enrollment for children in the ...
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Student Supports--Remediation |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | Remedial Education
S.B. 515
Relates to educational programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to expand the grades of eligibility for the remedial educatio...
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Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | High School Athletics Overview Committee
H.B. 1316
Creates the High School Athletics Overview Committee; provides for reports and expenditure of funds. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005...
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Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | Student Codes of Conduct
S.B. 413 Section 4 - 7
Defines 'clubs and organizations' and 'competitive interscholastic activity'. Requires local boards to include information regarding school...
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | No Pass No Drive
H.B. 1253
Clarifies that a minor's license previously revoked under the No Pass No Drive policy and related rules may be reinstated upon proof of rece...
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Attendance |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Excused Absences
H.B. 984
Provides that a student whose parent or legal guardian is in military service is granted up to 5 excused absences per school year to visit w...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Computer or Internet-Based Instruction
S.B. 610
Allows charter schools to provide computer or Internet-based instruction. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005_06/pdf/sb610.pdf...
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Class Size |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Class Size
H.B. 1358
Changes certain provisions relating to maximum class size requirements. For the 2006-2007 school year, increases maximum class sizes in grad...
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Curriculum |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Courses on the Old and New Testament
S.B. 79
Authorizes high schools to offer elective courses in the History and Literature of the Old Testament Era and the History and Literature of t...
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Finance--District |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | 65% Rule
S.B. 390
Concerns the Classroom First for Georgia Act. Defines "direct classroom expenditures" and "total operating expenditures." Beginning with fi...
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Health--Child Abuse |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Reporting Child Abuse
S.B. 442
Relates to parent and child relationship generally, so as to change certain provisions relating to reporting of child abuse. http://www.legi...
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Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | High Performance Principals
S.B. 468
Authorizes the state board to establish a grant program for High Performance Principals to attract successful principals to schools in need ...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
Postsec. | HOPE Scholarships
S.B. 506
Relates to HOPE scholarships and HOPE grants, so as to provide for a set amount for mandatory fees for HOPE scholarships and HOPE grants for...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | School Visitors and Campus Law Enforcement Records
H.B. 1302
Adds that a person who does not check in at the designated location as a visitor to a school during school operating hours is guilty of a mi...
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Student Supports--Remediation |
Adopted 04/2006 |
P-12 | Early Intervention Program
GAC 160-4-2-.17; -7-.18; -5-3-.10
Clarifies rules regarding the Early Intervention Program for students in grades K-5 http://public.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/doe/legalservices...
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Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Student Athlete Eligibility
H.B. 1241
Provides that no high school that receives funding under the Quality Basic Education Act shall participate in or sponsor interscholastic spo...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Computer Skill Competency and Certification Renewal
H.B. 972
Provides that, should the professional standards commission include a requirement to requirement to demonstrate computer skill competency fo...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 04/2006 |
P-12 | Teacher Preparation Programs
GAC 505-3-.40 thru .43
Establishes rules regarding educator preparation programs for grades 6-12 geography, history, economics, and political science to replace ex...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Decreasing Local Salary Supplement
H.B. 1483
Relates to salary schedules for certified personnel under the Quality Basic Education Act; requires two public hearings prior to decreasing ...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Donation of Sick Leave
H.B. 543
Relates to sick leave for teachers and other public school personnel; provides for the donation of sick leave from an employee of a local bo...
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Technology--Internet Safety |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Acceptable Use Policies and Blocking Programs
H.B. 1055
Requires every local board, by January 1, 2007, to adopt an acceptable-use policy for its school system. At a minimum, an acceptable-use pol...
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 12/2005 |
P-12 | Accountability and Interventions
S.B. 35
Makes the department responsible for the implementation of a single statewide system of accountability. Adds school systems to the system of...
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Assessment--Accommodations |
Adopted 12/2005 |
P-12 | Procedures for Exemption from Graduation Exam
GAC 160-1-3-.09
Establishes "variance" procedure for a student not eligible for waiver (not rendered incapable of passing a section of the GHSGT or the
GHSW...
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P-3 Finance |
Adopted 12/2005 |
P-12 | Early Learning Grants
GAC 591-2-1
Submits rules regarding grants under the Department of Early Care and Learning.
http://rules.sos.state.ga.us/docs/591/2/1/01.pdf
http://rul...
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Class Size |
Adopted 10/2005 |
P-12 | Maximum Individual Class Size
GAC 160-5-1-.08
Changes the maximum individual class size for science grades 9-12 for school years 2007-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07 from 28 to 30. Amends the fu...
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Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
Adopted 10/2005 |
P-12 | Waiver Requests
GAC 160-1-3-.02
Clarifies rules so that school systems may apply for waivers of certain education law for the purpose of increasing student achievement.
AGE...
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No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
Adopted 10/2005 |
P-12 | Supplemental Services in Title I Schools
GAC 160-4-5-.03
Clarifies rules regarding supplemental educational services in Title I Schools.
AGENCY CONTACT: Patricia Mills, Department of Education, 20...
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Special Populations--Corrections Education |
Adopted 10/2005 |
P-12 | Case Management Consultation for Agency-Placed Transfer Students
GAC 160-4-8-.17
Establishes rules regarding case management consultation for agency-placed transfer students to provide necessary transition services for st...
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Accountability--Rewards |
Adopted 07/2005 |
P-12 | Accountability System
GAC 160-7-1-.01 thru -.04
Clarifies rules regarding the statewide accountability system, including definitions, profiles and awards and school- and district-level con...
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Assessment--Accommodations |
Adopted 07/2005 |
P-12 | Student Assessments
GAC 160-3-1-.07
Clarifies rules regarding testing programs and student assessment. Clarifies assessment participation requirements for English language lear...
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Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Adopted 07/2005 |
P-12 | Virtual School Program
GAC 160-8-1-.01
Establishes rules regarding the Georgia Virtual School Program. http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/doe/legalservices/160-8-1-.01.pdf...
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | No Pass No Drive Revisions
S.B. 35 - Attendance Provisions
Amends No Pass No Drive law. Adds provision that a student who is pursuing a general education development (GED) diploma will not have his/h...
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Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Joint Agricultural Education Study Committee
H.R. 50
Creates the Joint Agricultural Education Study Committee for the purposes of promoting the importance and study of agriculture in the state....
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Curriculum |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Driver's Education
S.B. 226
Creates the Georgia Driver's Education Commission. Authorizes the commission to recommend to the governor and the general assembly changes i...
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Curriculum--Mathematics |
Adopted 05/2005 |
P-12 | Mathematics and Science Partnerships Grants
GAC 160-1-4-.266, -.269
Establishes rules regarding the Mathematics and Science Partnerships Grants to build mathematics and science teachers' content knowledge and...
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Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Funding Formula Revisions
S.B. 35 - Funding Section
One section changes program weights for funding purposes. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005_06/pdf/sb35.pdf...
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Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Insurance, Retirement and Other Benefits for School Board Members
S.B. 98
States that local boards of education are authorized to expend local funds for life, disability, and liability insurance, retirement and pen...
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Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | State Accounting Office
H.B. 293
Creates the state accounting office, to be overseen by the state accounting officer. Creates the position of state accounting officer, to b...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation
H.B. 298
Allows the Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation and the Georgia Student Finance Authority to exercise powers possessed by private...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Scholarship for Reservists and Their Offspring
S.B. 43
Establishes the Georgia HERO (Helping Educate Reservists and their Offspring) Scholarship and sets rules for application and distribution, e...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Postsecondary Educational and Living Expense Grants for Foster Children
H.B. 272
Provides for a program of educational and living expense grants for certain children who qualify as foster children (or are adopted and whos...
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Private Schools |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Prayer and Private Schools
H.B. 678
Provides that state law may not prohibit a private school from conducting a prayer prior to an athletic event held on the campus of the priv...
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State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Statewide Comprehensive Educational Information System
S.B. 35 - Data System
Deletes completion target of July 1, 2003 and makes completion of the statewide comprehensive educational information system subject to appr...
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Students |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Statewide Preparticipation Physical Examination Form
S.B. 272
Requires the state board to develop a school interscholastic extracurricular athletic policy that provides for the use of a single, comprehe...
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Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Athletic Trainers
H.B. 217
Relates to athletic trainers; amend Chapter 5 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to athletic trainers, so as to...
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Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
Postsec. | Education Degree Programs
H.B. 553
Relates to the University System of Georgia; provides that a student in an education degree program shall not be required to join a professi...
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Attendance |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 | Compulsory Attendance Laws
H.B. 26
Repeals the authority for the Governor to suspend all or any part of compulsory attendance requirements because of a riot, insurrection, pub...
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Finance |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 | Education Grants
H.B. 27
Repealed the following provision and related provisions: The General Assembly, being mindful of the primary obligation of the state to provi...
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High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Adopted 04/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Postsecondary Options; Dual and Joint Enrollment
GAC 160-4-2-.34
Repeals rules regarding postsecondary options and establishes rules regarding dual and joint enrollment to replace it....
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Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
Postsec. | Repeal of Governor's Power to Close HIgher Education Institutions
H.B. 25
Repeals the provision which grants the Governor the power to close any school or institution under the control of the board of regents. http...
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Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Power to Close Postsecondary Institutions
H.B. 25
Repeals a provision which grants the governor the power to close any school or institution under the control of the board of regents.
http:/...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 | License Renewals and Continuing Education Requirements for Reservists and National Guard Members
H.B. 538
Automatically grants any member of the national guard or any reserve component of the U.S. armed services who serves on active duty for at l...
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Civic Education |
Adopted 01/2005 |
P-12 | Instruction in Citizenship, United States and Georgia History
GAC 160-4-2-.07
Establishes rules regarding instruction in United States and Georgia history and government. http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/doe/legalse...
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Governance |
Adopted 01/2005 |
P-12 | Regional Educational Service Agencies
GAC 160-5-1-.13
Clarifies rules regarding regional education service agencies. http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/doe/legalservices/160-5-1-.13.pdf...
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Service-Learning |
Adopted 01/2005 |
P-12 | Community Service Grant
GAC 160-1-4-.268
Establishes rules regarding the community service grant....
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Accountability |
Adopted 12/2004 |
P-12 | Statewide Accountability
GAC 160-7-1-.01 thru .04
Clarifies rules regarding the following: single statewide accountability system; accountability system definitions; accountability profiles;...
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Adult Basic Education |
Adopted 12/2004 |
Postsec. | Grant Programs
GAC 668-1
Establishes rules regarding the Area School Program and adult literacy grants. http://rules.sos.state.ga.us/cgi-bin/page.cgi?g=GRANTS_OF_GEO...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Adopted 11/2004 |
P-12 | Adopt-A-School Bus Pilot Project
GAC 391-3-21-.10
Submits a grant regarding the Georgia Adopt-A-School Bus Pilot Project and the Clean School Bus USA Grant....
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Leadership |
Adopted 10/2004 |
P-12 | Educator Certification
GAC 505-2-.03 thru .355 (non seq)
Clarifies rules regarding educator certification. Includes general rules, teaching field rules, service field rules and leadership field rul...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Adopted 08/2004 |
P-12 | Class Size; Absences and Excuses
GAC 160-5-1-.08; -.10
Clarifies rules regarding class size, absences and excuses. Renames chapter on absences as Student Attendance. Provides definition of truant...
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Finance--Funding Formulas |
Active 08/2004 |
P-12 | The Quality Basic Education (QBE) Task Force
N/A
The governor announced "The Quality Basic Education (QBE) Task Force in February 2004. The task force will look at realigning the school fun...
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School Safety--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools |
Adopted 08/2004 |
P-12 | Student Discipline
GAC 160-4-8-.15
Clarifies rules regarding student discipline. Removes the requirement that the local board of education policies regarding the student learn...
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Accountability |
Adopted 07/2004 |
P-12 | Statewide Accountability; Definitions; School Profiles
GAC 160-7-1-.01 thru -.04
Clarifies rules regarding statewide accountability, applicable definitions, school profiles, and awards and consequences; creates a single s...
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Assessment--End-of-Course |
Adopted 07/2004 |
P-12 | Statewide Passing Score
GAC 160-4-2-.13
Requires the results of core subject and end-of-course assessments to be included as a factor in a student's final grade in the core subject...
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Class Size |
Adopted 07/2004 |
P-12 | Class Size
GAC 160-5-1-.08
Class size is amended to comply with changes in law that were adopted by the Georgia General Assembly during the 2004 session regarding the ...
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Middle School |
Adopted 07/2004 |
P-12 | Middle School Program Criteria
GAC 160-4-2-.05
Clarifies rules to comply with new legislation to provide that a school may reduce the required five hours of academic time to four and one-...
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No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
Adopted 07/2004 |
P-12 | Reporting of Schools
GAC 160-5-1-.03
Clarifies rules to define school and special entity so as to ensure an accurate reporting to ensure an accurate reporting of FTEs and Annual...
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No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
Adopted 07/2004 |
P-12 | Supplemental Education Services
GAC 160-4-5-.03
Establishes rules regarding supplemental education services (SES). Defines roles and responsibilities of state and local education agencies ...
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School Safety |
Adopted 07/2004 |
P-12 | Student Discipline
GAC 460-4-8-.15
Amends student discipline by adding a definition of disciplinary order and requiring local boards of education to adopt policies that provid...
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Accountability |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | Education Provisions
H.B. 1190
Provides for the revision of certain provisions regarding education flexibility and accountability; requires the State Board of Education to...
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Background Checks |
Vetoed 05/2004 |
P-12 | Criminal Checks and Code of Ethics
H.B. 198
Requires local school boards to adopt a code of ethics; requires local units of administration to request a criminal check of teachers, prin...
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Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | Sales Tax Exemption
H.B. 1184
Renewed the exemptions from state sales and use tax, so as to provide for an exemption with respect to the sale of certain school supplies, ...
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Health |
Vetoed 05/2004 |
P-12 | Athletic Trainers
H.B. 1394
Provides that students, teachers, or other persons who serve as athletic trainers for a public or private elementary school or high school i...
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Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | Home Study Programs
H.B. 1428
Relates to requirements for private schools and home study programs; changes the qualifications of tutors in home study programs from requir...
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P-3 |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | Early Learning Initiative Commission
S.R. 760
Creates the Improvement of Georgia's Pre-K Program Joint Study Commission; report due December 31, 2004. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/...
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P-3 Governance |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | School Readiness Office
S.B. 456
Changes the name of the "Office of School Readiness" to "Bright From The Start: Georgia's Office of Early Care and Education;" makes the off...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
Postsec.,
Community College | HOPE Scholarships
H.B. 1325
Relates to elementary and secondary education and to postsecondary education; changes the reporting system and method for determining eligib...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | Safety on School Buses
H.B. 1179
Relates to elementary and secondary schools, so as to provide that the offense of disrupting the operation of a public school applies to dis...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | Teacher Recruitment and Retirement
H.B. 366
Amends retirement allowances, disability benefits, and spouses' benefits under the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia to allow a teacher ...
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Teaching Quality--Professional Development |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | Educational Personnel Continuing Education Online
H.B. 1698
Relating to elementary and secondary education; requires providers of in-service or continuing education for teachers and other professional...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Adopted 04/2004 |
P-12 | State Funded K-8 Subjects and 9-12 Courses
GAC 160-4-2-.03
Clarifies rules regarding the list of state-funded K-8 school subjects and grades 9-12 courses. http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/doe/lega...
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Finance--District |
Adopted 04/2004 |
P-12 | Regular Advance and Low-Wealth Funding
GAC 160-5-4-.05
Adds rules regarding the provisions under which school systems can receive low-wealth funding. http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/doe/legal...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Adopted 02/2004 |
P-12 | Charter School Grants
GAC 160-1-4-.155, .255, .267
Submits rules regarding charter school planning grants, implementation grants and dissemination grants. http://rules.sos.state.ga.us/cgi-bin...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 02/2004 |
P-12 | Teacher Certification
GAC 505-2-.01 thru .137 (non seq)
Clarifies rules regarding educator certification. (GEORGIA REG 1493)
As of March 15, 2004, a redesigned educator certification system that ...
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Class Size |
Adopted 11/2003 |
P-12 | Public School Capital Outlay
GAC 160-5-4-.04
Clarifies rules regarding special appropriation for public school capital outlay. Adds the additional funds authorized by the General Assemb...
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Reading/Literacy |
Adopted 11/2003 |
P-12 | Reading First Program System Subgrant
GAC 160-1-4-.265
Submits rules regarding the Reading First Program System Subgrant, which provides federal funds for scientifically based reading reform for ...
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Student Supports--Remediation |
Adopted 11/2003 |
P-12 | Instructional Extension
GAC 160-4-2-.14
Clarifies rules regarding instructional extension, a state-funded instructional program beyond the regular school day to address the academi...
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Teaching Quality--Professional Development |
Adopted 11/2003 |
P-12 | Staff and Professional Development
GAC 160-3-3-.04
Changes title of rules to Professional Learning. Clarifies state requirements and expectations for staff and professional development progra...
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Teaching Quality--Professional Development |
Adopted 11/2003 |
P-12 | Staff Development Unit Program Approval
GAC 160-3-3-.10
Clarifies rules to change title to Professional Learning Unit (PLU) Program Approval. Specifies state requirements for plans for PLU credit ...
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Curriculum |
Adopted 10/2003 |
P-12 | State-Funded K-8 Subjects and 9-12 Courses
GAC 160-4-2-.03
Provides list of state-funded K-8 subjects and 9-12 courses. Amended 10/2003 clarifying rules regarding state-funded subjects and courses. A...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Adopted 08/2003 |
P-12 | Student Transportation Surveys; Cost Development
GAC 160-5-3-.10; GAC 160-5-3-.11
Clarifies rules regarding student transportation surveys and standard cost development. Determines bus needs for allotment purposes, ascerta...
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Class Size |
Adopted 07/2003 |
P-12 | Class Size
GAC 160-5-1-.08
Clarifies rules regarding class size. Specifies definitions and requirements. http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/doe/legalservices/160-5-1-...
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School Safety--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools |
Adopted 07/2003 |
P-12 | Unsafe School Choice Option
GAC 160-4-8-.16
Establishes rules regarding "Unsafe School Choice Option" (USCO). Specifies a three- year process to declare a school as unsafe and an appea...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Child Abuse Records
S.B. 201
Relates to child abuse and deprivation records; permits the Department of Human Resources to share access to child abuse records and release...
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Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Sales Tax Holiday
H.B. 43
Section 12 provides a 4-day sales tax holiday for school supplies, clothing, eye wear and certain technology items. http://www.legis.state.g...
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Postsecondary |
Vetoed 06/2003 |
Postsec. | Contributions to Higher Education Savings Plan
H.B. 424
Relates to salaries and fees of public officers and employees; provides that deductions are authorized for the purpose of contributing to sa...
| More... |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
Postsec. | College Athletic Recruitment Rules
H.B. 95
Provides cause of action against certain persons in favor of certain colleges and universities and student athletes for violations of colleg...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
Postsec. | Hope Scholarships
S.B. 244
Relates to postsecondary education, removes a restriction on tuition equalization grants for summer school; provides a limitation on the tot...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
Postsec. | Scholarship Study Commission
S.R. 220
Creates the "Improvement of HOPE Scholarship Joint Study Commission". http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2003_04/sum/sr220.htm...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Sexually Violent Predators
S.B. 101
Provides that persons required to register as a result of a conviction of a crime against minors or of sexual violence or as a result of hav...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Teen Dating Violence
S.B. 346
Requires the State Board of Education to develop a rape prevention and personal safety education program, and a program for preventing teen ...
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Special Education |
Adopted 06/2003 |
P-12 | Personnel, Facilities, Equipment and Class Size
GAC 160-4-7-.11
Defined guidelines related to the required standard credential for all related service personnel providing educational interpreting for stud...
| More... |
Special Education |
Adopted 06/2003 |
P-12 | IDEA Procedural Safeguards/Parents' Rights
GAC 160-4-7-.05
Establishes IDEA procedural safeguards and parents' rights. Removes language that allows local school systems to initiate a due process hear...
| More... |
Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Vetoed 06/2003 |
P-12 | School Counselors
S.B. 178
Relates to conditions of employment of certain persons under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide for salary increases for ce...
| More... |
Student Supports--Remediation |
Adopted 06/2003 |
P-12 | Remedial Education
GAC 160-4-5-.01
Established requirements for Remedial Education Program (REP). Specifies the criteria students in grades 9-12 must meet to be eligible for s...
| More... |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Sick Leave
H.B. 25
Relates to sick and personal leave for teachers and other personnel; provides for restoration of certain forfeited sick and personal leave a...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Teacher Compensation and Contracts
S.B. 193
Provides for an annual increase in state pay for certain teachers; individuals who first became teachers on or after July 1, 2000, acquire r...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Assessment, Maximum Class size, Instruction, Revenue
S.B. 249
Revises provisions relating to payment of fees for advanced placement tests; revises provision relating to the release of certain test quest...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
Postsec. | Student Finance Commission
H.B. 551
Relates to postsecondary scholarships, loans, and grants; changes certain provisions regarding the Georgia Student Finance Commission and th...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Electronic and Communication Devices
S.B. 29
Authorizes each local board of education to establish a policy to either permit or prohibit the possession of electronic communication devic...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Teacher and Paraprofessional Requirements
H.B. 590
Changes certain provisions regarding the regulation of certificated professional personnel; exempts teachers desiring to transfer to Georgia...
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Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Teachers and Professional Employees Contracts
S.B. 223
Relates to annual contracts for teachers; provides that teacher and other professional employee contracts shall be complete in all terms and...
| More... |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Approved by voters 11/2002 |
P-12 | Change school tax homestead exemption for those 62 or older
STATEWIDE REFERENDUM A
(2001, HB 299) Relates to homestead exemptions from school district ad valorem taxation for educational purposes for residents who are 62 ye...
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No Child Left Behind--Report Cards |
Active 10/2002 |
P-12 | Accountability Reporting
N/A
2000-01 Report Card web page: (http://techservices.doe.k12.ga.us/reportcard/)...
| More... |
No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
Active 10/2002 |
P-12 | Supplemental Education Services
N/A
- Supplemental education services providers application (dated 9/23/02); closing date: 11/16/02 (http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/federal/nclb/_docu...
| More... |
Finance |
Adopted 09/2002 |
P-12 | Withholding of Funds
GAC 160-5-2-.02
Clarifies rules regarding the withholding of funds from local units of administration....
| More... |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Adopted 09/2002 |
P-12 | Textbook/Instructional Materials
GAC 160-4-4-.10
Clarifies rules regarding textbook or instructional materials selection and recommendation....
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Adopted 08/2002 |
P-12 | Charter Schools
GAC 160-4-9-.04
Clarifies rules regarding charter schools. Specifies the following: definitions; role of the local board; role of the state board for locall...
| More... |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 07/2002 |
Postsec. | Postsecondary and adult education - textbooks in electronic format
H.B. 1342
A BILL to amend Chapters 3 and 4 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating respectively to postsecondary education and...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | After-School Programs for At-Risk Students
S.B. 384
Changes the method for calculating funding for certain after-school programs for students who have previously dropped out of school and stud...
| More... |
Governance |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Regional Educational Service Agencies
H.B. 136
Relates to services to member local school systems by regional educational service agencies; provides that a regional educational service ag...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Atlanta Board of Education Ethics Examination
S.R. 608
Creates the Atlanta Board of Education Charter Review Commission to undertake a study of the conditions, needs, issues and problems arising ...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | School Board Member Compensation
H.B. 1676
Changes the compensation of the members of the board of education. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/Legis/2001_02/fulltext/hb1676.htm...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Insurance Benefits for Local Board Members
H.B. 1121
Authorizes local boards to pay additional costs imposed on certain members as a result of the board's decision to provide certain state heal...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Self-Administration of Asthma Medication
S.B. 472
Requires local boards to adopt a policy authorizing the self-administration of asthma medication by a student who has asthma, provided that ...
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High School |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Diplomas for Veterans of Korea and Vietnam Conflicts
H.B. 1068
Provides that each local board of education shall issue high school diplomas to certain veterans who failed to receive diplomas due to an in...
| More... |
No Child Left Behind |
Active 05/2002 |
P-12 | 2002 Consolidated Plan (draft)
N/A
2002 Consolidated Plan (marked draft, dated May 6, 2002): http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/sla/documents/esea_plan.pdf...
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P-3 |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Georgia's Pre-K Program
H.B. 97
Creates the voluntary Georgia's Pre-K Program; requires all printed materials relating to the program to refer to it as Georgia's Pre-K Prog...
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P-3 |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Joint Study Committee on Early Childhood Education
H.R. 1105
Creates the Joint Study Committee on Early Childhood Education. Mandates the committee to undertake a study of the importance of early chil...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12,
Postsec. | "Eligible High School" for HOPE Scholarships
H.B. 961
Rredefines the term "eligible high school" for HOPE scholarships to include schools accredited by The Accrediting Commission for Independent...
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Postsecondary Students--Disabled |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Electronic Textbooks at Postsecondary Level
H.B. 1342
States that colleges and universities in this state have made diligent efforts to accommodate the needs of students with disabilities requir...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Student Conduct
S.B. 291
Requires local boards to adopt policies prescribing and governing student conduct and safety rules on all public school buses. Requires poli...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Visitor Check-In Required
H.B. 161
Requires that anyone entering an elementary or secondary school who is not a student at such school, an employee of the school or school sys...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | School Notification of Sex Offenders
H.B. 1054
Requires the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to notify all elementary and secondary schools and the Office of School Readiness and the Depar...
| More... |
Students |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Eligibility of Students in Home Study Programs
H.B. 1590
Provides that students enrolled in home study programs are to be eligible to participate in any extracurricular program offered in the publi...
| More... |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Retired Teachers Working in Low-Performing Schools
H.B. 210
Permits retired teachers to work as full-time teachers or improvement specialists in low-performing schools. Limits number of retired teache...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Retirement Benefits
H.B. 765
Relates to service creditable toward retirement benefits under the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia; provides that any member of the Te...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Benefit Increase for Public School Retirees
S.B. 138
Increases maximum benefit amount for public school employee retirees. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/Legis/2001_02/fulltext/sb138.htm...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Years of Creditable Service
H.B. 955
Relates to teacher retirement; allows members who have completed a minimum of 25 years of crediable service to obtain up to three additional...
| More... |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | National Board Teacher Licensure and Professional Standard Commission Investigations
S.B. 368
Modifies language relating to teachers certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Modifies language relating to du...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Revisions to Georgia Charter Schools Act of 1998
H.B. 1200
Amend Article 31 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Charter Schools Act of 1998," so as to revise exte...
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Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Schley County Board of Education
H.B. 1748
Provides for the compensation of the members of the Schley County board of education and reimbursement of related expenses. http://www.legis...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Georgia Higher Education Savings Plan
H.B. 1434
Amends Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, so as to change certain provisions regarding the Georgia Higher Education Savings...
| More... |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 02/2002 |
P-12 | Financing Facilities
H.B. 1000
Authorizes supplementary appropriation, by issuance of general obligation bonds, to the State of Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fun...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12,
Postsec. | At Risk Programs and Hope Scholarship Changes
H.B. 656
Act No. 29., Relates to elementary and secondary education; creates early intervention programs for kindergarten, primary grades, and upper ...
| More... |
Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 | Recess In Schools
S.R. 252
Act No. 33., Relates to obesity in children; creates the Joint Study Committee on Physical Activity (recess) in Schools....
| More... |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 | Supplementary appropriations for public school capital outlay
H.B. 139
Act No. 212., Provides supplementary appropriations for public school capital outlay for the state fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, in addi...
| More... |
P-16 or P-20 |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 | Decision of the P-16 Council
H.R. 217
Reverses the decision of the P-16 Council which eliminates agricultural courses and other courses on the list of state funded courses for gr...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 | The Use of Sick Leave
H.B. 164
Act No. 169., Relates to sick leave for teachers and other public school personnel; provides that sick leave shall not be charged for certai...
| More... |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 | Requiring Books On an Electronic Format
H.B. 228
Act No. 321., Relates to textbooks; requires publishers of textbooks which are purchased by the State Board of Education to make such textbo...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 03/2001 |
Postsec. | Higher Education Savings Plan
H.B. 417
Enacts the Higher Education Savings Plan; provides a program of savins trust agreements to apply distributions toward qualified higher educa...
| More... |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Approved by voters 11/2000 |
P-12 | Tax Exemption for Military Widow/Widower
V. 10
QUESTION C (HB 446-2000) Provides that any person who is a citizen and resident of Georgia and who is an unremarried surviving spouse of a m...
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School Safety |
Approved by voters 11/2000 |
P-12 | Indemnification for School Employees Injured/Killed at work
V. 4
Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 4 (HR 971-2000). Authorizes the General Assembly to provide by law for indemnification with respect to...
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Health |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 | Psychiatric Medication of Children
H.R. 1079
Act No. 80., Creates the Commission on Psychiatric Medication of School-Age Children....
| More... |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
Postsec. | Electronic Documents
H.B. 1358
Act No. 856., Provides that any person or agency required to submit to the director of the University of Georgia Libraries copies of documen...
| More... |
P-3 |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Peachcare for Kids
H.B. 1214
Act No. 655., Creates the Peachcare for Kids Program (children's health insurance); changes the provisions relating to eligibility; provide...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Modification of HOPE Scholarship
H.B. 1306
Act No. 690., Relates to definitions applicable to HOPE Scholarships and grants; changes the definition of the term eligible high school....
| More... |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Program of Indemnification
H.B. 1388, H.R. 971
Act No. 688., Creates a program of indemnification with respect to public school personnel who are killed or permanently disabled by an act ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Certificate Renewal Conditions
S.B. 336
Provides that the Professional Standards Commission shall grant a renewable certificate in a teaching field to an applicant whom meets certa...
| More... |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Education Oversight Committee & Office of Education Accountability
H.B. 1187
The Governor may appoint study commissions as he deems appropriate to study education questions, issue findings and make recommendations to ...
| More... |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Administrative Salaries and Performance of Schools
H.B. 1187
The state will reduce funding for all administrative salaries of schools which are deemed to be failing for three years and who have not imp...
| More... |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Accountability - Rewards/Sanctions Component
H.B. 1187
If a school is consistently underperforming, the local board of education may request from a RESA an instructional care team. RESAs must dev...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Assessment Components
H.B. 1187
Mandates Criterion Reference Competency Tests (CRCT's) in grades 1-8. English, language arts, math and reading will be assessed in grades 1-...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Student IEP as Alternative Assessment
H.B. 1187
A student's IEP may serve as the alternative assessment....
| More... |
Assessment--End-of-Course |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - High School Graduation Exams
H.B. 1187
The High School Graduation Tests will be eliminated when the end of course tests are put in place. Local boards of education shall have the...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Special Education, Alternative Education
H.B. 114
Relates to elementary and secondary education; changes certain provisions regarding special instructional assistance programs for students w...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Alternative Schools for Suspended Students
H.B. 1187
In-school suspension and alternative schools have been combined to create alternative programs. In-school suspension may be included as a ty...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Compulsory Attendance
H.B. 1187
The compulsory attendance age is lowered from seven to six. ...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - School Attendance Zones
H.B. 1187
Allows parents or guardians of students who live closer to a school other than the one to which they are assigned to request to attend the c...
| More... |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Background Checks
H.B. 1187
Background checks are required of all school personnel and are required of all certificated personnel upon any application for certificate r...
| More... |
Bilingual/ESL |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Bilingual Education Component
H.B. 1187
The English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) program is no longer a grant. That funding is rolled into the general formula. The teache...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Charter Schools
H.B. 1187
Allows the State Board of Education to grant a charter school petition if the local board of education refuses. The State Board of Education...
| More... |
Class Size |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Class Size Component
H.B. 1187
The new class sizes are funded as follows: Kindergarten – 1:15; Kindergarten Early Intervention Program – 1:11; Grades 1-3 – 1:17; Grades 1-...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Physical Education Component
H.B. 1187
The law is clarified so that Physical Education is no longer mandatory by law. Rather the State Board of Education can set the standard requ...
| More... |
Equity |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Athletic Opportunities - Equity
H.B. 1308
Relates to other educational programs under the Quality Basic Education Act; prohibits discrimination based on gender in elementary and seco...
| More... |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Equalization Formula Component
H.B. 1187
Changes equalization funding up to the 75th percentile instead of the 90th percentile. Equalization funding "may be adjusted" to allow for s...
| More... |
Finance--Resource Efficiency |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Financial Reports to School Boards
H.B. 1187
Requires local school superintendents to make reports to their local boards and to the public in response to financial deficits or budget ir...
| More... |
Finance--Resource Efficiency |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Resource Allocation Component
H.B. 1187
Allotment sheets will be issued for each school rather than for each system. Each school shall spend a minimum of 90 percent of funds design...
| More... |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Property Tax
H.B. 1403
Relates to the allotment of homeowner tax relief funds to counties and local school districts; changes the manner in which ad valorem tax cr...
| More... |
Governance |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Omnibus Bill - Reporting and Planning Requirements of Agencies
H.B. 1187
Removes the current requirements of a state strategic plan and reporting by the Georgia Department of Education. Also removes the current re...
| More... |
Governance |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Omnibus Bill - Membership in Regional Education Service Districts
H.B. 1187
Mandates all school systems, as well as all technical schools and colleges and universities, belong to a Regional Educaiton Service Agency. ...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - School Board Anti-Nepotism Policies
H.B. 1187
Local boards of education may not employ or promote any person who is a member of the immediate family of any board member, unless a public,...
| More... |
Governance--Site-Based Management |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Local School Councils Component
H.B. 1187
Mandates school councils at each school. The councils must be made up of the principal of the school, two parents, two teachers, and two bus...
| More... |
Leadership |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Superintendent Reports to School Boards Component
H.B. 1187
Requires local school superintendents to make reports to their local boards and to the public in response to financial deficits or budget ir...
| More... |
Leadership |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Principal Evaluation
H.B. 1187
Principals and assistant principals must be evaluated by a trained evaluator and may be evaluated by the teachers in the school , if require...
| More... |
Middle School |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Middle School Schedules and Accountability
H.B. 1187
The requirements for the middle school program stay exactly the same for the next school year, with 85 minutes of common planning time.
Beg...
| More... |
P-3 |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Early Childhood Component
H.B. 1187
There is created an Early Intervention Program in kindergarten and a Primary Grades Early Intervention Program in grades 1-3. These programs...
| More... |
P-3 |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Pre-enrollment of Two-Year Olds and Immunization Certification
H.B. 1187
There is created voluntary pre-enrollment of two-year-olds in local school systems. Parents must include a certification of immunization as ...
| More... |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Signed by governor 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Early Intervention Component
H.B. 1187
There is created an Early Intervention Program in kindergarten and a Primary Grades Early Intervention Program in grades 1-3. These programs...
| More... |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Parental Involvement Component
H.B. 1187
Allows juvenile courts to fine parents for failing to attend parent-teacher conferences. Gives juvenile courts the authority to order parent...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Revises HOPE Scholarship
S.B. 452
Relates to definitions applicable to HOPE scholarships and grants; changes the definition of the term eligible high school; changes conditio...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Extended Day Component
H.B. 1187
The extended day program for students in grades 9-12 has been reinstated and funded. There are additional funds for an extra 20 days which l...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Rape Prevention
H.B. 171
Act No. 475., Relates to certain educational programs; requires the Department of Education to develop a rape prevention and personal safety...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Disciplinary Tribunals
S.B. 401
Relates to public school disciplinary tribunals; requires local school system receiving certain State education funds to suspend a student w...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Arrest of School Personnel
S.B. 27
Relates to warrants for arrest; provides that any warrant for the arrest of a teacher or school administrator for any offense alleged to hav...
| More... |
School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - In-School Suspension Component
H.B. 1187
In-school suspension is eliminated as a separate program...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Special Eduation Class Size Component
H.B. 1187
The new class sizes are funded as follows:
Category I Special Education - 1:8
Category II Special Education - 1:6.5
Category III Special ...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Early Intervention and Special Education Students
H.B. 1187
There is created an Early Intervention Program in kindergarten and a Primary Grades Early Intervention Program in grades 1-3. These programs...
| More... |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Statewide Education Information System
H.B. 1187
A steering committee for hardware/software specifications and updates is created. This committee will establish the specifications for a sta...
| More... |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Information Management of Budgets & Accountability Systems
H.B. 1187
In connection with the statewide educational information system, there must also be a uniform budget and accounting system established with ...
| More... |
Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Guidance Counselor Requirements & Funding
H.B. 1187
Guidance counselors are required to spend at least five of six periods counseling or advising students and parents. Funding for middle scho...
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Student Supports--Mentoring/Tutoring |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Georgia Mentoring Act of 2000
S.B. 290
Relates to the powers and duties of the Governor; enacts the Georgia Mentoring Act of 2000; makes legislative findings; authorizes the offic...
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Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
Postsec. | Athlete Agents
H.B. 1323
Relates to the regulation of the profession of athlete agents; provides for additional grounds for refusing to register or for disciplining ...
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Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Teachers and Duty-Free Lunches
H.B. 1187
Duty-free lunches for teachers are mandated and are no longer dependent on funding from the General Assembly. ...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Teacher Certification and Computer Competency
H.B. 1187
Mandates that holders of a renewable certificate must pass a computer skills competency test before they can receive certification renewal. ...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Teacher Compensation and National Board Certification
H.B. 1187
Teachers receiving National Board Certification will receive a 10 percent increase in salary...
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Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Teacher Evaluation Components
H.B. 1187
Teacher evaluations must include evaluation of student achievement and communication skills with parents, students, teachers, administrators...
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Teaching Quality--Professional Development |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Professional Development Funding
H.B. 1187
Funding for staff and professional development has been lowered from 1 ½% of salaries to 1%. ...
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Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Omnibus Bill - Scholarships for Paraprofessionals
H.B. 1187
Creates Promise Scholarships in teacher education for paraprofessionals and instructional aides who were employed in a public school in Geor...
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Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Omnibus Bill - Recruitment of Paraprofessionals into Teaching Field
H.B. 1187
Creates Promise Scholarships in teacher education for paraprofessionals and instructional aides who were employed in a public school in Geor...
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Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
Postsec. | PROMISE Teacher's Scholarships
H.B. 1619
Relates to PROMISE teacher's scholarships; changes the requirements for eligibility for the scholarship; defines certain terms....
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Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Teacher Recruitment for Areas Experiencing Shortages
H.B. 1187
In schools and school systems where there is an insufficient supply of qualified teachers in mathematics, science, special education, or for...
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Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill --Tenure Component
H.B. 1187
Enacts the A Plus Education Reform Act of 2000. A portion of this act abolishes tenure: All contracts must be in writing. Any teacher or o...
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Technology--Teacher/Faculty Training |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Technology Training for Teachers
H.B. 1187
Mandates that holders of a renewable certificate must pass a computer skills competency test before they can receive certification renewal. ...
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Civic Education |
Signed into law 02/2000 |
P-12 | Veterans Day instruction
H.B. 68
Provides for instructional activity relating to Veterans Day....
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