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Bill Education; Georgia Teacher of the Year shall be invited to serve as advisor ex officio to the State Board of Education; provide A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide that the Georgia Teacher of the Year shall be invited to serve as an advisor ex officio to the State Board of Education; to provide for a nontraditional teacher certification program for members and veterans of the United States armed forces; to provide for the Professional Standards Commission to require that teacher education programs include mandatory coursework in differentiated instruction and reading fundamentals and to promote increased student enrollment in and completion of teacher education programs offered at historically black colleges and universities in this state; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2021_22 SB 88 Georgia SB 88 (2021_22)
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Ben Watson
Bill Cowsert
Billy Hickman
Brandon Beach
Brian Strickland
Bruce Thompson
Burt Jones
Butch Miller
Chuck Payne
Chuck Hufstetler
David Lucas
Dean Burke
Ed Harbison
Elena Parent
Emanuel Jones
Frank Ginn
Freddie Powell Sims
Gail Davenport
Greg Dolezal
Harold Jones II
Jason Anavitarte
John Albers
John Kennedy
Kay Kirkpatrick
Kim Jackson
Larry Walker, III
Lee Anderson
Lester Jackson
Lindsey Tippins
Matt Brass
Max Burns
Michael 'Doc' Rhett
Michelle Au
Mike Dugan
Nikki Merritt
Randy Robertson
Russ Goodman
Sonya Halpern
Steve Gooch
Tyler Harper
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Georgia SB 88 (2021_22) — Education; Georgia Teacher of the Year shall be invited to serve as advisor ex officio to the State Board of Education; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide that the Georgia Teacher of the Year shall be invited to serve as an advisor ex officio to the State Board of Education; to provide for a nontraditional teacher certification program for members and veterans of the United States armed forces; to provide for the Professional Standards Commission to require that teacher education programs include mandatory coursework in differentiated instruction and reading fundamentals and to promote increased student enrollment in and completion of teacher education programs offered at historically black colleges and universities in this state; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. As introduced LC 49 0351-EC (committee substitute) — source
  2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB 88/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 500 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Ben Watson — primary (person)
  • Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
  • Billy Hickman — primary (person)
  • Brandon Beach — primary (person)
  • Brian Strickland — primary (person)
  • Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
  • Burt Jones — primary (person)
  • Butch Miller — primary (person)
  • Chuck Payne — primary (person)
  • Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
  • David Lucas — primary (person)
  • Dean Burke — primary (person)
  • Ed Harbison — primary (person)
  • Elena Parent — primary (person)
  • Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
  • Frank Ginn — primary (person)
  • Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
  • Gail Davenport — primary (person)
  • Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
  • Harold Jones II — primary (person)
  • Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
  • John Albers — primary (person)
  • John Kennedy — primary (person)
  • Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
  • Kim Jackson — primary (person)
  • Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
  • Lee Anderson — primary (person)
  • Lester Jackson — primary (person)
  • Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
  • Matt Brass — primary (person)
  • Max Burns — primary (person)
  • Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
  • Michelle Au — primary (person)
  • Mike Dugan — primary (person)
  • Nikki Merritt — primary (person)
  • Randy Robertson — primary (person)
  • Russ Goodman — primary (person)
  • Sonya Halpern — primary (person)
  • Steve Gooch — primary (person)
  • Tyler Harper — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2021-02-03 Senate Hopper
  • 2021-02-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2021-02-11 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-02-16 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2021-02-17 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2021-02-17 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2021-02-18 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2021-02-22 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2021-03-15 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-17 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2021-03-17 House Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2021-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2021-05-04 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2021-05-04 Act 159 executive-signature
  • 2021-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7dca3865-99ae-4b7b-8861-2e8ac8da64f2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).