Committee
Georgia House Education Committee
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committee members
Segun Adeyina (D)
Bethany Ballard (R)
Doreen Carter (D)
Mike Cheokas (R)
David Clark (R)
Brent Cox (R)
Sandy Donatucci (R)
Matt Dubnik (R)
Chair
Chris Erwin (R)
Lydia Glaize (D)
Secretary
Scott Hilton (R)
Karlton Howard (D)
Rick Jasperse (R)
Jan Jones (R)
Todd Jones (R)
Karen Lupton (D)
Phil Olaleye (D)
Miriam Paris (D)
Vice Chair
Carmen Rice (R)
Rick Townsend (R)
Will Wade (R)
David Wilkerson (D)
| Bill | Bill Name | Progress | Referral Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB12 | Education; grants; revise definition of qualified local school system | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| HB20 | State Board of Education; adopt rules to require all certified public school personnel to receive annual training in depression and suicide awareness and prevention | Introduced | 01/14/2025 |
| HB23 | Student Success and Progress Act; enact | Introduced | 01/14/2025 |
| HB24 | School Behavioral Health Support Act; enact | Introduced | 01/14/2025 |
| HB27 | Investing in Every Student Act; enact | Introduced | 01/14/2025 |
| HB37 | Education; require local school systems to notify employees regarding social security withholdings and eligibility for certain benefits | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/15/2025 |
| HB42 | Quality Basic Education; calculation and distribution of funds to local units of administration for student transportation programs; revise provisions | Introduced | 01/15/2025 |
| HB47 | School Security Protection and Safety Infrastructure Act; enact | Introduced | 01/15/2025 |
| HB48 | Quality Basic Education Act; Refugee and International Students Equalization (RISE) program; establish | Introduced | 01/15/2025 |
| HB59 | Education; state funding for one school counselor for every 250 full-time equivalent students; provide | Introduced | 01/16/2025 |
| HB60 | Healthy Start Act; enact | Introduced | 01/16/2025 |
| HB81 | Interstate Compact for School Psychologists; enter into | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/17/2025 |
| HB104 | Equal Athletic Opportunities Act; enact | Introduced | 01/27/2025 |
| HB105 | Public officers and employees; increase indemnification award of certain state public school personnel in the event of death | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/27/2025 |
| HB106 | Safe Teens Act; enact | Introduced | 01/27/2025 |
| HB118 | Education; revise requirements of child care learning centers and family child care learning homes | Introduced | 01/27/2025 |
| HB127 | Education; number of accumulated sick leave days for teachers and other school personnel; increase from three to five | Crossed Over | 01/28/2025 |
| HB133 | Student Character Development Act; enact | In Committee | 01/28/2025 |
| HB175 | Education; employee comprehensive background checks for early care and education programs and Head Start programs; revise provisions | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/30/2025 |
| HB192 | Top State for Talent Act; enact | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/03/2025 |
| HB198 | Education; use of school facilities by certain youth groups; provide | In Committee | 02/03/2025 |
| HB200 | State Board of Education; establish a three-year pilot immersive writing program for eligible public elementary schools; provide | Crossed Over | 02/03/2025 |
| HB202 | Local Charter School Authorization and Support Act of 2025; enact | Introduced | 02/03/2025 |
| HB221 | Education; equal athletic opportunities for public school students; provide | Introduced | 02/04/2025 |
| HB235 | Georgia Supporting Living Donor Educators Act; enact | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/05/2025 |
| HB245 | Georgia Educational Opportunity Act; enact | Introduced | 02/05/2025 |
| HB267 | Riley Gaines Act; enact | Crossed Over | 02/05/2025 |
| HB268 | Education; safety, health, and well-being of students and school communities; provide | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/05/2025 |
| HB269 | Education; revise requirements of child care learning centers and family child care learning homes | Introduced | 02/05/2025 |
| HB293 | Education; Protect Students First Act; repeal various provisions | Introduced | 02/06/2025 |
| HB294 | Quality Basic Education Act; require State Board of Education to review and update policies, guidelines, and processes for awarding units of high school credit to students based on a demonstration of subject area competency | Introduced | 02/06/2025 |
| HB302 | Leave No Georgia Child Hungry Act; enact | Introduced | 02/06/2025 |
| HB307 | Quality Basic Education Act; students significantly at risk of not achieving grade level reading proficiency or with characteristics of dyslexia; include provisions | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/10/2025 |
| HB310 | Student Teacher Promotion Act; enact | In Committee | 02/10/2025 |
| HB313 | Education; authorize and require all public elementary and secondary schools to display the Ten Commandments in multiple locations | Introduced | 02/10/2025 |
| HB333 | Education; require that the state minimum salary schedule shall be updated each year | Introduced | 02/10/2025 |
| HB335 | Quality Basic Education Act; address mental health risks for student athletes | In Committee | 02/10/2025 |
| HB336 | Education; local school systems to provide certain information to parents and guardians of students in grades six through twelve on sickle cell disease; require | Introduced | 02/10/2025 |
| HB340 | Distraction-Free Education Act; enact | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/10/2025 |
| HB371 | Quality Basic Education Act; state's maximum authorization of capital outlay funding; provide for an increase | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/11/2025 |
| HB383 | Georgia High School NIL Protection Act; enact | Crossed Over | 02/12/2025 |
| HB436 | Education; repeal Chapter 2B, relating to promise scholarship accounts; provisions | Introduced | 02/13/2025 |
| HB437 | State Board of Education; establish rules and regulations for local school system outreach efforts regarding ESOL program; require | Introduced | 02/13/2025 |
| HB442 | Education; students shall not be counted absent from school due to performing in certain productions; provisions | In Committee | 02/18/2025 |
| HB487 | Quality Basic Education Act; computer science course shall be a high school graduation requirement beginning in 2031; provide | Introduced | 02/19/2025 |
| HB505 | Career Readiness and Economic Development Act; enact | Introduced | 02/19/2025 |
| HB517 | Student Success Support Act; enact | Introduced | 02/20/2025 |
| HB542 | Protecting All Learners Act; enact | Introduced | 02/21/2025 |
| HB543 | Get the Lead Out of School Drinking Water Act; enact | Introduced | 02/21/2025 |
| HB544 | Jimmy Carter Award for Civic Engagement; establish | Introduced | 02/21/2025 |
| HB546 | Quality Basic Education Act; require local school systems to offer certain exams to home study students | Introduced | 02/21/2025 |
| HB550 | Education; promise scholarship accounts; require participating schools to prepare school safety plans that meet certain requirements | Introduced | 02/21/2025 |
| HB554 | APEX Now Program; enact | Introduced | 02/21/2025 |
| HB564 | Georgia Prevention and Plan Act; enact | Introduced | 02/21/2025 |
| HB580 | Georgia Penmanship Act; enact | Introduced | 02/24/2025 |
| HB631 | Education; require minimum base salary for certified professional personnel with bachelor's degrees be based upon national average living wage | Introduced | 02/27/2025 |
| HB634 | Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Act; expedited completion of a student's first Individualized Education Program; revise provisions | Introduced | 02/27/2025 |
| HB642 | Georgia Dye Free School Meals Act; enact | Introduced | 02/27/2025 |
| HB643 | Education; install key boxes at each school building in locations determined in collaboration with local law enforcement; provide | Introduced | 02/27/2025 |
| HB669 | Quality Basic Education Act; award of low-wealth capital outlay grants to qualifying local school systems that award certain contracts for roofing improvements to suppliers that meet certain criteria; provide | Introduced | 02/28/2025 |
| HB674 | State Board of Education; adopt content standards for instruction in financial literacy and money management for grades four and five | Introduced | 02/27/2025 |
| HB694 | State Board of Education; establish five-year school pilot program to increase graduation rates and postsecondary education | Introduced | 03/03/2025 |
| HB696 | Education; lunch and school breakfast programs for public school students; provide | Introduced | 03/03/2025 |
| HB706 | Quality Basic Education Act; history of Black Americans; provide coursework | Introduced | 03/04/2025 |
| HB736 | Education; policies prohibiting bullying and cyberbullying; add and revise definitions | Introduced | 03/10/2025 |
| HB740 | Stop Social Promotion Act; enact | Introduced | 03/10/2025 |
| HB796 | Education; revise QBE program weights based on recommendations of the 2015 Education Reform Commission | Introduced | 03/20/2025 |
| HB829 | Education, Department of; publish guidance relating to best practices for secure browsing and parental controls; require | Introduced | 03/27/2025 |
| HB893 | Education; replace terms charter system and charter systems with performance contract system and performance contract systems | Introduced | 04/02/2025 |
| HB907 | Completion Special Schools Act; certain local school systems to either be a party to a collaborative operating agreement with a completion special school or provide certain education programs and services; require | Crossed Over | 04/04/2025 |
| HB908 | Education; prohibit a public school, private school, or home school program from requiring a child who has completed all requirements for a high school diploma to take or attend classes for any additional course | Introduced | 04/04/2025 |
| HB912 | Quality Basic Education Act; $500,000.00 in matching grants for purpose of providing home reading programs for students in kindergarten through fourth grade; provisions | Introduced | 04/04/2025 |
| HB917 | Education; open enrollment processes for students to transfer between local school systems and between schools within local school systems; provide | Introduced | 04/04/2025 |
| HB918 | Quality Basic Education Act; permit private school students, home study students, and nonresident public school students to enroll as part-time students in any public school in this state | Introduced | 04/04/2025 |
| HB921 | Education Impact Transparency Act; enact | Introduced | 04/04/2025 |
| HB950 | Education; provide information regarding immunization requirements and exemptions from such requirements to parents and guardians; require schools and child care facilities | Introduced | 01/14/2026 |
| HB971 | Quality Basic Education Act; home study students and private school students to enroll in college and career academies located in certain RESA service areas and adjacent local school systems; provide | In Committee | 01/15/2026 |
| HB972 | Education; require written notice to parents and guardians of students in grades four through eight at least twice each school year stating whether such student has attained grade level reading proficiency | Introduced | 01/15/2026 |
| HB989 | Education; public comment periods during meetings of local boards of education; provide | Introduced | 01/16/2026 |
| HB993 | Nourish to Flourish Act; enact | Introduced | 01/16/2026 |
| HB995 | Vape-Free Schools Act; enact | Introduced | 01/16/2026 |
| HB1009 | Education; enact policies and procedures for use of personal electronic devices at school and school sponsored events by students in grades nine through twelve; require local school systems | In Committee | 01/27/2026 |
| HB1014 | Education; prohibit private and public primary and secondary schools from serving or selling, or allowing a third party to serve or sell, food or beverages that contain certain synthetic dyes | Introduced | 01/27/2026 |
| HB1023 | Education; utilize weapon detection systems in certain school buildings; require local boards of education and other public school governing bodies | In Committee | 01/28/2026 |
| HB1030 | Math Matters Act; enact | Introduced | 01/28/2026 |
| HB1032 | Early Enrollment Act; enact | Introduced | 01/28/2026 |
| HB1038 | Georgia Promise Scholarship Act; repeal Article 2 of Chapter 2B; provide | Introduced | 01/28/2026 |
| HB1045 | You Are Not Alone Awareness Act; enact | Introduced | 01/28/2026 |
| HB1048 | Quality Basic Education Act; State Board adopt criteria for assessment and placement of students who are eligible for initial public school enrollment in first grade | Introduced | 01/28/2026 |
| HB1051 | Lanier Johnson-Hunt Student Protection Act; enact | Introduced | 01/28/2026 |
| HB1056 | Education; replace term auto-injectable epinephrine with epinephrine and consolidate provisions relating to epinephrine and schools | Introduced | 01/29/2026 |
| HB1062 | Education, Department of; publish relevant and applicable federal guidance documents and related information; require | Introduced | 01/29/2026 |
| HB1094 | Georgia School Bus Safety and Modernization Act; enact | Introduced | 02/02/2026 |
| HB1099 | Blind Persons' Braille Literacy Rights and Education Act; enact | Introduced | 02/02/2026 |
| HB1107 | Excellent Teacher Preparation Act; enact | Introduced | 02/02/2026 |
| HB1114 | Quality Basic Education Act; allow for students in ninth and tenth grade to complete the high school graduation financial literacy course requirement | Introduced | 02/02/2026 |
| HB1123 | Quality Basic Education Act; require certain schools that offer after-school programs to make such programs available to pre-kindergarten students | Introduced | 02/03/2026 |
| HB1146 | Georgia Ready to Learn Act; enact | Introduced | 02/03/2026 |
| HB1164 | Education; require State Board of Education to appoint an audit committee | Introduced | 02/04/2026 |
| HB1190 | Students and Teachers SPEAK Act; enact | Introduced | 02/05/2026 |
| HB1193 | Georgia Early Literacy Act of 2026; enact | In Committee | 02/05/2026 |
| HB1206 | Education; require local boards of education and other public school governing bodies to consider total cost of ownership and related factors when purchasing school technology devices | Introduced | 02/06/2026 |
| HB1218 | Georgia Virtual Public School Student Athletic Participation Act; enact | Introduced | 02/06/2026 |
| HB1220 | Education; student eligibility and maximum scholarship amounts; revise provisions | Introduced | 02/06/2026 |
| HB1231 | Education; teachers shall not be required to supervise students during their duty-free lunch period or planning period except in cases of extreme emergency; provide | Introduced | 02/09/2026 |
| HB1232 | Education; certain students be excused from school for participating in certain officially sanctioned visits to the state capitol; provide | Introduced | 02/09/2026 |
| HB1239 | Student Civic Participation and Encouragement Act; enact | Introduced | 02/09/2026 |
| HB1244 | Education; duty-free lunch period and planning period requirements; provisions | Introduced | 02/09/2026 |
| HB1249 | Education; require public elementary and secondary schools to display the Bill of Rights in multiple locations | Introduced | 02/10/2026 |
| HB1253 | Georgia Charter School Facilities Authority; establish | Introduced | 02/10/2026 |
| HB1257 | Education; incentive grants for local boards of education to approve charter school petitions; revise provisions | Introduced | 02/10/2026 |
| HB1259 | Education; prohibit virtual instruction to out-of-system students if the local school system has a College and Career Ready Performance Index below the state average | Introduced | 02/10/2026 |
| HB1269 | Quality Basic Education Act; content standards for digital literacy instruction; provide | Introduced | 02/11/2026 |
| HB1271 | Education; revise definition of education record to correct a cross-reference; provisions | Introduced | 02/11/2026 |
| HB1281 | Education; require child care learning centers to carry certain amounts of liability insurance coverage and to provide proof of such coverage | Introduced | 02/12/2026 |
| HB1284 | Education; awarding of high school diplomas to high school students who are at the end of life; provide | Introduced | 02/12/2026 |
| HB1294 | Education; grace period of up to 180 days for transfer students to be evaluated for and receive medical and education services based upon medical forms executed by out-of-state physicians; provide | Introduced | 02/17/2026 |
| HB1302 | Education and Workforce Strategy Act; enact | Introduced | 02/12/2026 |
| HB1308 | Education; local and state charter schools have the right to lease, utilize, or buy unused facilities of a local board of education; provide | Introduced | 02/17/2026 |
| HR68 | Quality Basic Education and Full-Time Equivalent funding formulas; support revision | Introduced | 01/28/2025 |
| HR145 | Education and Public Health, Departments of; collaborate to prioritize the expansion of vision and hearing screenings at various grade levels; urge | In Committee | 02/05/2025 |
| HR174 | State Board of Education; appointment of state school superintendent effective not later than January 1, 2031; provide - CA | In Committee | 02/06/2025 |
| HR275 | State of Georgia; increase minimum school drop out age from 16 to 17 years old; support | Introduced | 02/19/2025 |
| HR711 | House Study Committee on Student Attendance in PreK-12 Education; create | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/25/2025 |
| HR859 | House Study Committee on Inclusive Educational Settings for Students with Disabilities; create | Introduced | 03/31/2025 |
| HR887 | House Study Committee on Reducing and Prioritizing Mandates for Public School Administration; create | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/31/2025 |
| HR905 | Education, Department of; implement a public awareness campaign for grade levels K-12 regarding blockchain, cryptocurrency, and Web3; encourage | Introduced | 04/04/2025 |
| HR1242 | Quality Basic Education and Full-Time Equivalent funding formulas; support revision | Introduced | 02/06/2026 |
| SB1 | 'Fair and Safe Athletic Opportunities Act'; enact | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/10/2025 |
| SB4 | Education; fundamental roles of local boards of education and local school superintendents; revise provisions | Crossed Over | 03/10/2025 |
| SB17 | "Ricky and Alyssa's Law"; enact | Crossed Over | 03/10/2025 |
| SB44 | Equalization Grants, Annual Calculations, and Allocation; the definition of the term "qualified local school system" by reducing the minimum required millage rate; revise | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/18/2025 |
| SB63 | "Quality Basic Education Act"; local school systems offer certain exams to home study students; require | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/06/2025 |
| SB82 | "Local Charter School Authorization and Support Act of 2025"; enact | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/10/2025 |
| SB93 | "Georgia Early Literacy Act"; the three-cuing system from inclusion in high-quality instructional materials or structured literacy; prohibit | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/10/2025 |
| SB123 | Compulsory Attendance; provisions of the state's compulsory school attendance laws; update and revise | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/27/2025 |
| SB124 | Education; State School Superintendent and the Department of Education to take all steps reasonably necessary to implement guidance documents from a federal agency; require | Crossed Over | 03/06/2025 |
| SB126 | Completion Special Schools Act; certain students to be enrolled; lower the age of eligibility from 18 to 16 | Crossed Over | 03/06/2025 |
| SB148 | Public School Property and Facilities; outdoor learning spaces pilot program; provide | Crossed Over | 03/10/2025 |
| SB152 | "Georgia Promise Scholarship Act"; the biological or adopted children of individuals who are foster parents and who meet certain conditions shall qualify for promise scholarship accounts; provide | Crossed Over | 03/03/2025 |
| SB154 | United States Department of Education; references from the Official Code of Georgia Annotated; revise or remove | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/06/2025 |
| SB179 | Education; the academic and disciplinary records of each transferring student shall be provided within five days; require | Crossed Over | 03/10/2025 |
| SB212 | "Quality Basic Education Act"; disclosure of public student directory information to political candidates or persons or groups acting on their behalf; prohibit | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/10/2025 |
| SB236 | "Quality Basic Education Act,"; certain students whose parents or guardians are on active duty are eligible for enrollment in the public school of the attendance zone in which they intend to reside; provide | Crossed Over | 03/10/2025 |
| SB431 | Education; enrollment of foster care students within two school days of a request for enrollment by such student's parent or legal custodian; require | Crossed Over | 02/09/2026 |