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Georgia Senate Education and Youth Committee
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| Bill | Bill Name | Progress | Referral Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB37 | Education; require local school systems to notify employees regarding social security withholdings and eligibility for certain benefits | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/06/2025 |
| HB81 | Interstate Compact for School Psychologists; enter into | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/18/2025 |
| HB127 | Education; number of accumulated sick leave days for teachers and other school personnel; increase from three to five | Crossed Over | 03/10/2025 |
| HB200 | State Board of Education; establish a three-year pilot immersive writing program for eligible public elementary schools; provide | Crossed Over | 03/06/2025 |
| HB235 | Georgia Supporting Living Donor Educators Act; enact | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/06/2025 |
| 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 | 03/03/2025 |
| HB371 | Quality Basic Education Act; state's maximum authorization of capital outlay funding; provide for an increase | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/10/2025 |
| HB451 | Quality Basic Education Act; local boards shall be authorized to provide instruction in hunting safety in grades six through 12; provide | Crossed Over | 03/10/2025 |
| HB629 | Education; remove requirement of having a licensed physician in automated external defibrillator programs | Crossed Over | 02/09/2026 |
| 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 | 02/12/2026 |
| SB1 | 'Fair and Safe Athletic Opportunities Act'; enact | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/14/2025 |
| SB4 | Education; fundamental roles of local boards of education and local school superintendents; revise provisions | Crossed Over | 01/14/2025 |
| SB17 | "Ricky and Alyssa's Law"; enact | Crossed Over | 01/16/2025 |
| SB22 | State School Superintendent; Department of Education to publish relevant and applicable federal guidance documents and related information; require | In Committee | 01/27/2025 |
| SB41 | Education; equal athletic opportunities for public school students; provide | In Committee | 01/29/2025 |
| SB54 | State Board of Education; establishment of a program and state-wide database relating to threats to safety made on or impacting school campuses; require | In Committee | 01/29/2025 |
| SB63 | "Quality Basic Education Act"; local school systems offer certain exams to home study students; require | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/30/2025 |
| SB65 | Education; mandatory kindergarten for all children prior to entering into first grade; provide | In Committee | 02/03/2025 |
| SB74 | Harmful Materials to Minors; exemption for libraries and librarians from the provisions of Code Section 16-12-103; repeal | Crossed Over | 02/04/2025 |
| SB82 | "Local Charter School Authorization and Support Act of 2025"; enact | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/04/2025 |
| SB93 | "Georgia Early Literacy Act"; the three-cuing system from inclusion in high-quality instructional materials or structured literacy; prohibit | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/05/2025 |
| SB123 | Compulsory Attendance; provisions of the state's compulsory school attendance laws; update and revise | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/10/2025 |
| 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 | 02/10/2025 |
| SB126 | Completion Special Schools Act; certain students to be enrolled; lower the age of eligibility from 18 to 16 | Crossed Over | 02/10/2025 |
| SB128 | Quality Basic Education Act; grants to eligible local units of administration for students living in poverty; provide | In Committee | 02/11/2025 |
| SB133 | "Blind Persons' Braille Literacy Rights and Education Act"; enact | In Committee | 02/11/2025 |
| SB134 | Education; repeal Chapter 2B, relating to promise scholarship accounts, including both Articles 1 and 2 of said chapter | In Committee | 02/11/2025 |
| SB148 | Public School Property and Facilities; outdoor learning spaces pilot program; provide | Crossed Over | 02/13/2025 |
| 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 | 02/13/2025 |
| SB154 | United States Department of Education; references from the Official Code of Georgia Annotated; revise or remove | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/13/2025 |
| SB171 | Quality Basic Education Act; State Board of Education to develop an advanced mathematics pathway; require | In Committee | 02/18/2025 |
| SB217 | 'Healthy Start"; enact | In Committee | 02/20/2025 |
| SB225 | Education; discrimination on the basis of an individual's race due to a protective hairstyle, or length thereof, in any student dress or grooming policy; prohibit | In Committee | 02/21/2025 |
| SB247 | Sick, Personal, and Maternity Leave for Teachers; the number of accumulated sick leave days teachers may take for personal or professional reasons; increase | In Committee | 02/26/2025 |
| SB248 | Georgia Council on Library Materials Standards; establish and provide | In Committee | 02/26/2025 |
| SB249 | "Quality Basic Education Act,"; beginning in the 2031-2032 school year, a computer science course shall be a high school graduation requirement; provide | In Committee | 02/26/2025 |
| SB250 | Wesley's Law Grant Program; provide for the creation of and establish a purpose | In Committee | 02/26/2025 |
| SB253 | State Board of Education; establish a three-year pilot robotics program for eligible public schools; provide | In Committee | 02/26/2025 |
| SB295 | State Board of Education; local school systems to maintain and publish a registry of all contracts worth more than $10,000.00; require | In Committee | 02/28/2025 |
| SB300 | "Student Teacher Promotion Act"; enact | In Committee | 02/28/2025 |
| SB309 | Education; repeal Chapter 2B | In Committee | 02/28/2025 |
| SB322 | State Board of Education; include instruction in the proper use of a school bus passenger restraint system within its program of safety instruction; require | In Committee | 03/04/2025 |
| SB325 | Education; local school systems and public schools to employ or accept as volunteers school chaplains; authorize | In Committee | 03/06/2025 |
| SB369 | "Charter Schools Act of 1998 "; completion charter schools; provide | In Committee | 04/02/2025 |
| SB381 | Quality Basic Education Act; grants to eligible local units of administration for students living in poverty; provide | In Committee | 01/13/2026 |
| SB401 | Education; local boards of education shall be required to provide instruction in firearm safety in kindergarten through grade 12; provide | In Committee | 01/16/2026 |
| SB412 | Education; accumulated sick leave days teachers and other school personnel may take each school year for personal or professional reasons; increase | In Committee | 01/27/2026 |
| SB425 | Education; all schools that receive state funding with students in any of grades three through five to provide instruction in cursive handwriting to all students by no later than third grade; require | In Committee | 01/28/2026 |
| SB426 | Education; high school students seeking a high school diploma to achieve a minimum score of 70 percent on the United States Citizenship Civics Test; require | In Committee | 01/28/2026 |
| SB438 | Education; the beginning age for compulsory school attendance from six years to five years; reduce | In Committee | 02/02/2026 |
| SB445 | "Georgia Promise Scholarship Act"; public schools with a state-wide attendance zone and certain charter schools shall not be included in the separate list of public schools annually reported by the Office of Student Achievement; provide | In Committee | 02/03/2026 |
| SB459 | "Georgia Early Literacy Act of 2026"; enact | In Committee | 02/05/2026 |
| SB466 | Local Board of Education; install key boxes at each school building in locations determined in collaboration with local law enforcement and emergency management agencies; require | In Committee | 02/06/2026 |
| SB471 | Education; requires a student to wear a face mask or face covering while present on school property; eliminate automatic repeal provision | In Committee | 02/09/2026 |
| SB472 | Local Boards of Education; audit findings or findings by the state auditor of financial mismanagement or misconduct; provide for the suspension of members | In Committee | 02/09/2026 |
| SB475 | Charter School Funding; local boards of education to treat local charter schools no less favorably than other local schools; expenditure of the proceeds of a special purpose local option sales tax; require | In Committee | 02/09/2026 |
| SB479 | Compulsory Attendance; adopt a policy that students shall be granted not less than one excused absence for attending or participating in a civic or political event; require the local governing body | In Committee | 02/10/2026 |
| SB484 | Certificated Professional Personnel; pathway to certification by the Professional Standards Commission for experienced teachers; provide | In Committee | 02/11/2026 |
| SB487 | Education Workforce Data Governance Advisory Committee; within the Office of Student Achievement; establish | In Committee | 02/11/2026 |
| SB490 | "Georgia Student Mental Health Days Act"; enact | In Committee | 02/11/2026 |
| SB493 | "Promise Scholarship Student Success and Transparency Act"; enact | In Committee | 02/11/2026 |
| SB497 | School Students; written notification to a parent when a student receives certain noninstructional services from certain school employees; require | In Committee | 02/12/2026 |
| SR217 | Senate Study Committee on Combating Chronic Absenteeism in Schools; create | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/20/2025 |
| SR237 | Professional Standards Commission; provide recommendations to support the state's K-12 education workforce and teacher and school leader pipeline; urge | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/21/2025 |
| SR301 | Senate Rosenwald Schools Study Committee; create | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/28/2025 |
| SR545 | Senate Paid Student Teaching Study Committee; create | In Committee | 04/04/2025 |
| SR553 | Senate Study Committee on Funding for Charter School Capital Improvements; create | In Committee | 04/04/2025 |