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Gov. Kemp signs FY20 Budget at Southwest Georgia RESA
Gov. Kemp signs FY20 Budget at Southwest Georgia RESA
GSSA Capitol Report – Day 40 Sine Die
Legislative day 40, was long and cumbersome. Both chambers seemed to slow the pace down as the night lingered on and the legislative process was became very bumpy. No more evident than with HB 322 a Georgia procurement registry bill dealing with the bid process that the House and Senate seemed to become very confused […]
GSSA Capitol Report – Day 39
Legislative day 39, a day that lingered into the early evening. SB 68 which is the audit bill had several other bills attached to it. Including the Chief Turnaround Officer HB 32 which places supervision of the CTO under the state school superintendent instead of the state board of education. There is also a bill attached […]
GSSA Capitol Report – Day 38
Legislative day 38, saw a lot of chatter about the voucher bill and how it would reappear in various scenarios. After running down many of the rumors, they seemed to die on the political vine. With two days left, i never say never but the voucher bill remains in rules probably not to return this […]
GSSA Capitol Report – Day 37
Legislative day 37, where HB 83 known as the recess bill passed the Senate in its home stretch run to the Governor’s desk for his signature. This bill is in my opinion an overreach into the scheduling of each elementary school in our state. Its taken a few years to move through the legislative process but […]
GSSA Capitol Report – Day 36
Legislative day 36, became a day of hurry up and wait. First up was the FY 20 budget that was tossed back and forth between the House and Senate with finally the agrees and disagrees forced a conference committee to be named. They will finalize the budget details. SB 48 the Dyslexia screening pilot passed […]
GSSA Capitol Report – Day 34
Legislative day 34, was a little bit of a hangover day from the Senate Education and Youth Committee passing the ESA/Voucher bill the previous day. We continue to communicate with key legislators to hopefully maintain a vote advantage. The bill was anticipated to be on the floor of the Senate Friday but apparently that will […]
GSSA Capitol Report – Day 33
Legislative day 33, was fairly routine. Both chambers moved through their respective calendars up through the noon hour. The House subcommittee and Senate Education and Youth full Committee held their afternoon meetings. The House Education subcommittee moved three bills forward. SB 83 sponsored by Senator Jeff Mullis expands the teaching of Old and New Testament […]
GSSA Capitol Report – Day 32
Legislative day 32, was light on the consideration of bills in both chambers which we certainly like to see. A reminder is the only responsibility/requirement of the legislature is to pass a budget during each session but as we all know they tend to go beyond that charge. We are tracking a few bills that we […]
GSSA Capitol Report – Day 31
Legislative day 31, saw a long debate on the voting machines bill on the floor of the Senate. Our focus has turned to SB 163 known as the Tim Tebow bill allowing home schooled students to benefit from participating in public school interscholastic activities which would include athletics, band, debate, and other GHSA sanctioned events. The […]