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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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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.
- As introduced LC 49 0351-EC (committee substitute) — source
- As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
- SB 88/AP* (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 50–0 (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).