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HB 65
Public records; certain disclosure; exempt teachers and public school employees (PDF)
Murphy, Thomas (D-018) Walker, L (D-141) Jamieson, J (D-022)
Skipper, Jimmy (D-137)
HC: JUDY SC: ED 04/19/2001 Signed by Governor
HB 97
""Georgia's Pre-K Program""; rename pre-kindergarten program (PDF)
Buckner, Gail (D-095) Taylor, Maretta (D-134) Hugley, Carolyn (D-133)
Cash, S (R-108) Graves, David (R-125)
HC: ED SC: ED 05/14/2002 Signed by Governor
HB 136
Regional educational service agencies; sales to private schools (PDF)
Birdsong, Kenneth (D-123) Jamieson, J (D-022) Porter, DuBose (D-143)
Walker, L (D-141) Cummings, Bill (D-027)
HC: ED SC: ED 05/15/2002 Signed by Governor
HB 161
Schools; persons other than students; report on entering (PDF)
Buckner, Gail (D-095) Jordan, Darryl (D-096) Dodson, Ron (D-094)
Seay, Valencia (D-093) Barnes, Mike (D-097) Manning, Judith (R-032)
HC: ED SC: ED 05/14/2002 Signed by Governor
HB 164
Teachers; sick leave; absence due to certain injury on duty (PDF)
Morris, Greg (D-155) Jamieson, J (D-022) Taylor, Maretta (D-134)
Porter, DuBose (D-143) Ashe, Kathy (D-046)
HC: ED SC: ED 04/18/2001 Signed by Governor
HB 176
Veterans; certain service; high school diploma; eligibility (PDF)
Birdsong, Kenneth (D-123) Stallings, Tracy (D-100) Bunn, Barbara Jean (R-074)
Heckstall, Joe (D-055) Smith, CW (R-019) Roberts, Lawrence (D-162)
HC: D&VA SC: ED 04/20/2001 Signed by Governor
HB 372
Schools; students 18 years old; registration to vote (PDF)
Seay, Valencia (D-093) Teague, Sharon Beasley (D-058) Sinkfield, Georganna (D-057)
Kaye, Mitchell (R-037) Walker, L (D-141) Jamieson, J (D-022)
HC: GOV AFF SC: ED 04/26/2001 Signed by Governor
HB 618
Educational entities; disciplinary orders (PDF)
Ashe, Kathy (D-046)
HC: ED SC: ED 03/07/2002 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
HB 633
The Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum; designate official center for character education (PDF)
Stephens, Ron (R-150)
HC: D&VA SC: ED 03/08/2002 Senate Read Second Time
HB 651
Public school property; maximum length of lease; increase (PDF)
Holmes, Bob (D-053) Jamieson, J (D-022) Ashe, Kathy (D-046)
HC: ED SC: ED 04/28/2001 Signed by Governor
HB 656
Education Reform Act of 2000; amend provisions (PDF)
Smith, C (D-175) Turnquest, Henrietta (D-073) Dukes, Winfred (D-161)
Jamieson, J (D-022) Porter, DuBose (D-143) Ashe, Kathy (D-046)
HC: ED SC: ED 04/09/2001 Signed by Governor
HB 813
State deferred compensation plans; include local school systems (PDF)
Smyre, Calvin (D-136) Cummings, Bill (D-027)
HC: RULES SC: ED 04/27/2001 Signed by Governor
HB 1044
Schools; electronic communication devices; delete prohibition (PDF)
Ashe, Kathy (D-046) Jamieson, J (D-022) Houston, Penny (D-166)
Porter, DuBose (D-143)
HC: ED SC: ED 02/08/2002 Senate Read and Referred
HB 1200
Charter schools; comprehensive revision of provisions (PDF)
Smith, C (D-175) Turnquest, Henrietta (D-073) Dukes, Winfred (D-161)
HC: ED SC: ED 04/15/2002 Signed by Governor
HB 1208
Certified school social worker specialists; salary; cert leave (PDF)
Orrock, Nan (D-056) Taylor, Maretta (D-134) Hugley, Carolyn (D-133)
Jamieson, J (D-022) Porter, DuBose (D-143) Cox, Kathy (R-105)
HC: ED SC: ED 04/10/2002 Senate Tabled
HB 1280
Teachers and other personnel; certain forfeited leave; restoration (PDF)
Morris, Greg (D-155) Jamieson, J (D-022) Porter, DuBose (D-143)
Ashe, Kathy (D-046) Coleman, Brooks (R-080)
HC: ED SC: ED 04/09/2002 Senate Read Second Time
HB 1342
Postsecondary and adult education; textbooks in electronic format (PDF)
Porter, DuBose (D-143) McBee, Louise (D-088) Mobley, Barbara (D-069)
Jamieson, J (D-022) Ashe, Kathy (D-046) Millar, Fran (R-059)
HC: HEd SC: ED 05/14/2002 Signed by Governor
HB 1493
Education; contracts and purchases; rules and regulations (PDF)
Yates, John (R-106) Jamieson, J (D-022)
HC: ED SC: ED 04/09/2002 Senate Read Second Time
HR 223
Joint Study Committee on Public School Size; create (PDF)
Taylor, Maretta (D-134) Murphy, Thomas (D-018) Hugley, Carolyn (D-133)
Reed, Kasim (D-052) Squires, Mary (D-078) Stanley, Pamela (D-049)
HC: RULES SC: ED 03/07/2002 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
SB 42
Private School or Home Study Students; public school extracurricular programs (PDF)
Crotts, Mike (R-17) Perdue, Sonny (R-18) (Retired) Dean, Nathan (D-31)
Hooks, George (D-14) Gillis, Hugh (D-20) Lamutt, Robert (R-21)
SC: ED HC: 01/23/2001 Senate Read and Referred
SB 65
Educational Enrollment at Age 5 years; change birth month requirement (PDF)
Harbison, Ed (D-15) Tanksley, Charlie (R-32) Stokes, Connie (D-43)
Walker, Charles (D-22)
SC: ED HC: 01/26/2001 Senate Read and Referred
SB 68
Education; students in grades 9-12; funding of elective courses (PDF)
Williams, Tommie (R-06) Cable, Susan (R-27) Stephens, Bill (R-51)
Balfour, Don (R-09) Price, Thomas (R-56) Ladd, Bart (R-41)
SC: ED HC: 01/26/2001 Senate Read and Referred
SB 69
Education; enact the ABC Initiative; student assessment tests, reading program, grade placement com (PDF)
Cagle, Casey (R-49) Johnson, Eric (R-01) Price, Thomas (R-56)
Perdue, Sonny (R-18) (Retired) Ray, Billy (R-48) (Retired) Beatty, Mike (R-47)
SC: ED HC: 01/26/2001 Senate Read and Referred
SB 101
Educational Pilot Program; exempting one school system from student assessment for 3 years (PDF)
Seabaugh, Mitch (R-28) Smith, Faye (D-25) James, Donzella (D-35)
Cable, Susan (R-27)
SC: ED HC: 02/02/2001 Senate Read and Referred
SB 157
Public Schools; maximum class sizes; teacher-student ratios (PDF)
Johnson, Eric (R-01) Stephens, Bill (R-51) Price, Thomas (R-56)
Paul, Rusty (R-40) Ladd, Bart (R-41) Perdue, Sonny (R-18) (Retired)
SC: ED HC: 02/12/2001 Senate Read and Referred
SB 171
Local School Council Elections; nomination process (PDF)
Butler, Gloria (D-55) Thomas, Regina (D-02) Walker, Charles (D-22)
Smith, Faye (D-25) Gingrey, J. Phillip (R-37) Scott, David (D-36)
SC: ED HC: 01/14/2002 Senate Recommitted
SB 200
Early HOPE Education Reform Act of 2001; scholarship program for low-income students attending poorl (PDF)
Price, Thomas (R-56) Johnson, Eric (R-01) Stephens, Bill (R-51)
Cagle, Casey (R-49) Williams, Tommie (R-06) Burton, Joe (R-05)
SC: ED HC: 02/15/2001 Senate Read and Referred
SB 201
Students Attending Poorly Performing Schools; relocating to school of choice; pilot scholarship prog (PDF)
Price, Thomas (R-56) Johnson, Eric (R-01) Stephens, Bill (R-51)
Cagle, Casey (R-49) Williams, Tommie (R-06) Burton, Joe (R-05)
SC: ED HC: 02/15/2001 Senate Read and Referred
SB 205
Public Records Disclosure Exemption; certain personal information (PDF)
Thompson, Steve (D-33) Stokes, Connie (D-43) Tanksley, Charlie (R-32)
SC: ED HC: JUDY 04/19/2001 Signed by Governor
SB 223
Public School Employees; salary payment for first month of service (PDF)
Smith, Faye (D-25) Marable, Richard (D-52) Butler, Gloria (D-55)
Cable, Susan (R-27) Jackson, Carol (D-50) Golden, Tim (D-08)
SC: ED HC: 02/21/2001 Senate Read and Referred
SB 226
School Counselors With National Certification; increase state salary (PDF)
Marable, Richard (D-52) Dean, Nathan (D-31) Hill, Jack (D-04)
Golden, Tim (D-08) Meyer von Bremen, Michael (D-12) Ragan, Harold (D-11)
SC: ED HC: ED 04/03/2002 House Committee Favorably Reported
SB 246
New Drivers; Motor Vehicle Driving Skills Instructional Video/Manual; distribution to parents; ETV (PDF)
Marable, Richard (D-52) Hill, Jack (D-04) Gingrey, J. Phillip (R-37)
Dean, Nathan (D-31)
SC: ED HC: ED 01/14/2002 House Withdrawn, Recommitted
SB 252
Education; teachers; maximum class size; maximum number of students in the middle school grades (PDF)
Meyer von Bremen, Michael (D-12) Golden, Tim (D-08) Lee, Daniel (D-29)
Jackson, Carol (D-50) Hecht, Greg (D-34)
SC: ED HC: 02/27/2001 Senate Read and Referred
SB 274
Public School Employees; first salary payment of school year (PDF)
Lee, Daniel (D-29) Meyer von Bremen, Michael (D-12) Jackson, Carol (D-50)
Hill, Jack (D-04) Golden, Tim (D-08) Balfour, Don (R-09)
SC: ED HC: ED 04/27/2001 Signed by Governor
SB 283
School Child Protection Act; transfer students in dangerous school; discipline unruly behavior on sc (PDF)
Stephens, Bill (R-51) Williams, Tommie (R-06) Johnson, Eric (R-01)
Hamrick, Bill (R-30) Price, Thomas (R-56) Paul, Rusty (R-40)
SC: ED HC: 03/02/2001 Senate Read and Referred
SB 291
Student Discipline Procedures, Penalties; violent acts; unruly behavior on school bus; reward repo (PDF)
Meyer von Bremen, Michael (D-12) Jackson, Carol (D-50) Smith, Faye (D-25)
Hecht, Greg (D-34)
SC: ED HC: ED 05/16/2002 Signed by Governor
SB 329
Education Resources Act for Improving Georgia's Low-performing Schools; honor teachers/principals; s (PDF)
Hecht, Greg (D-34) Starr, Terrell (D-44) Seabaugh, Mitch (R-28)
SC: ED HC: ED 04/02/2002 House Committee Favorably Reported
SB 331
Public School Classrooms; allow daily educational period to express personal religious beliefs (PDF)
Hill, Jack (D-04) Mullis, Jeff (R-53) Thomas, Don (R-54)
SC: ED HC: 01/16/2002 Senate Read and Referred
SB 335
Student Disciplinary Policy; students bringing weapons to school; allow discretionary modification o (PDF)
Marable, Richard (D-52) Dean, Nathan (D-31) Walker, Charles (D-22)
Starr, Terrell (D-44) Johnson, Eric (R-01) Hill, Jack (D-04)
SC: ED HC: 02/19/2002 Senate Third Read
SB 336
Schools; disruptions; possession of electronic communication devices by students; exception to prohi (PDF)
Marable, Richard (D-52) Dean, Nathan (D-31) Walker, Charles (D-22)
Starr, Terrell (D-44) Johnson, Eric (R-01) Hill, Jack (D-04)
SC: ED HC: ED 04/12/2002 House Passed/Adopted
SB 349
Home Study Programs; eligibility of students for public school extracurricular programs; conditions; (PDF)
Crotts, Mike (R-17) Starr, Terrell (D-44) Dean, Nathan (D-31)
Williams, Tommie (R-06) Tanksley, Charlie (R-32) Gingrey, J. Phillip (R-37)
SC: ED HC: 01/28/2002 Senate Read and Referred
SB 368
Teachers; national board certification; 10% increase in state salary annually (PDF)
Smith, Faye (D-25) Marable, Richard (D-52) Jackson, Carol (D-50)
Ragan, Harold (D-11) Streat, Van (D-19) Meyer von Bremen, Michael (D-12)
SC: ED HC: ED 04/15/2002 Signed by Governor
SB 415
School Buses; mandatory driver training; safety policies, loading and unloading students; safety equ (PDF)
Brush, B. Joseph (R-24) Thomas, Nadine (D-10) Cable, Susan (R-27)
SC: ED HC: 02/07/2002 Senate Read and Referred
SB 416
Charter Schools; duration of original and renewal charters; special school charter renewal (PDF)
Price, Thomas (R-56) Johnson, Eric (R-01) Stephens, Bill (R-51)
Cable, Susan (R-27) Beatty, Mike (R-47) Gingrey, J. Phillip (R-37)
SC: ED HC: 02/07/2002 Senate Read and Referred
SB 417
Charter Schools; funding needs; create State Charter School Guaranteed Loan program; allotment weigh (PDF)
Price, Thomas (R-56) Johnson, Eric (R-01) Stephens, Bill (R-51)
Cable, Susan (R-27) Beatty, Mike (R-47) Gingrey, J. Phillip (R-37)
SC: ED HC: 02/07/2002 Senate Read and Referred
SB 418
Charter Schools; state board approval of special school charter petitions; change requirements (PDF)
Price, Thomas (R-56) Johnson, Eric (R-01) Stephens, Bill (R-51)
Cable, Susan (R-27) Beatty, Mike (R-47) Gingrey, J. Phillip (R-37)
SC: ED HC: 02/07/2002 Senate Read and Referred
SB 426
School Sponsored Clubs and Extracurricular Activities; parent permission for participation (PDF)
Marable, Richard (D-52) Dean, Nathan (D-31) Johnson, Eric (R-01)
Starr, Terrell (D-44) Butler, Gloria (D-55) Walker, Charles (D-22)
SC: ED HC: 03/01/2002 Senate Read Second Time
SB 481
Nationally Certified Teachers' Effect on Student Performance; annual assessment report (PDF)
Cable, Susan (R-27) Marable, Richard (D-52) Price, Thomas (R-56)
Smith, Faye (D-25)
SC: ED HC: ED 03/27/2002 House Second Readers
SR 118
Fulton County Youth Legislature; create (PDF)
James, Donzella (D-35) Tate, Horacena (D-38) Brown, Robert (D-26)
Hecht, Greg (D-34) Paul, Rusty (R-40) Polak, Michael (D-42)
SC: ED HC: SP&CA 04/03/2002 House Committee Favorably Reported
SR 217
Technology Education Study Committee; create (PDF)
Marable, Richard (D-52) Dean, Nathan (D-31) Hill, Jack (D-04)
Golden, Tim (D-08) Ragan, Harold (D-11) Meyer von Bremen, Michael (D-12)
SC: ED HC: 12/11/2001 Senate Passed/Adopted
SR 252
Obesity in Children; Joint Committee to Study Physical Activity (Recess) in Schools (PDF)
Thomas, Nadine (D-10) Butler, Gloria (D-55) Walker, Charles (D-22)
Gillis, Hugh (D-20) Stokes, Connie (D-43) Price, Thomas (R-56)
SC: ED HC: RULES 04/27/2001 Signed by Governor
SR 293
Educational Testing Study Committee; create (PDF)
Seabaugh, Mitch (R-28)
SC: ED HC: 02/14/2002 Senate Passed/Adopted
SR 355
Public School Size and Learning Environment, Committee to Study (PDF)
Butler, Gloria (D-55) Thomas, Nadine (D-10)
SC: ED HC: 03/08/2001 Senate Read and Referred
SR 637
Prayer and Expression of Religious Beliefs on Public Property Including Schools; urge Ga. Congressio (PDF)
Beatty, Mike (R-47) Williams, Tommie (R-06) Burton, Joe (R-05)
Lamutt, Robert (R-21) Gingrey, J. Phillip (R-37) Johnson, Eric (R-01)
SC: ED HC: RULES 03/27/2002 House Second Readers
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