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AN ACT To amend Titles 20, 34, and 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, labor and industrial relations, and state government, respectively, so as to provide for the reconstitution of the Office of Student Achievement as the Office of Education and Workforce Strategy; to provide for responsibilities of the Office of Education and Workforce Strategy and the director of said office; to change the name of the High Demand Apprenticeship Program to the Top State for Talent Pre-Apprenticeship and Apprenticeship Program; to repeal provisions for the Alliance of Education Agency Heads; to repeal a sunset date relative to accessing HOPE scholarship funds for dual enrollment students; to provide for a combined Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Plan and Perkins State Plan; to provide for registered apprenticeship programs; to designate the Technical College System of Georgia as the state apprenticeship agency for the State of Georgia and provide for related authority and responsibilities; to revise various reporting requirements; to revise various certification requirements; to revise various requirements for rules and regulations; to establish and provide for the Education Data Governance Board; to remove references to the Office of Workforce Development; to provide for definitions; to provide for conforming changes; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. LC 49 2638-EC

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Matt Dubnik (R)*,  Chris Erwin (R)*,  Matthew Gambill (R)*,  Scott Hilton (R)*,  Devan Seabaugh (R)*,  Will Wade (R)*, 

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