GSSA Capitol Report
Wednesday, March 18 – – Legislative Day 33
The House of Representatives met and considered the following:
SB523 (Silcox – R) Education; public schools and postsecondary educational institutions to consider antisemitism in the same manner as discrimination based on religion; authorize PASSED 165-0
Creates state-wide Title VI Coordinators for K-12 and higher education to investigate discrimination complaints and enforce compliance.
The Senate met and considered the following:
HB1302 (Gambill – R) Education and Workforce Strategy Act PASSED 48-1
Reconstitutes the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement to the Governor’s Office of Education and Workforce Strategy.
HB1379 (Gaines – R) Foreign Funding Transparency and Accountability Act PASSED 31-20
Requires local school systems to report funding totaling $10,000 or more from a “foreign source of concern.”
Senate Public Safety Committee 1 p.m.
HB1409 – Domestic relations; revise mandated reporting of child abuse DO PASS
Creates a secure web-based platform for reporting
House Governmental Affairs Committee 3 p.m.
SB 284 (Walker – R) “Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008:” authorizes issuance of orders by the Commissioner of Securities directing persons who have violated certain securities provisions to return
DO PASS BY SUBSTITUTE
Now contains language from HB669 which awards low-wealth capital outlay grants to qualifying local school systems that award certain contracts for roofing improvements to suppliers that meet certain criteria.
Thursday, March 19 will be Legislative Day 34.
Editorial: We are expecting HB 1116 to return in a new version. Again, Chairman Blackmon and Chairman Hufstetler are crafting a version that may include the language in SB 382 which forces school systems to opt in to HB 581. So much for local control!
