A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to commissions and other agencies, so as to provide for the creation of the Georgia Endowment for Teaching Professionals to foster a public-private partnership for support of postsecondary teaching professionals in high demand courses, subjects, and disciplines; to provide for a board of trustees; to provide for the membership, appointment, terms, and filling of vacancies of the board of trustees; to provide for the creation, appointment, terms, filling of vacancies, duties, and responsibilities of an advisory committee to the board of trustees; to provide for the purposes of the endowment; to provide for the duties and responsibilities of the board of trustees; to provide for discontinuation of the endowment under certain circumstances; to provide for certain reports and audits; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Rep. Rick Jasperse
Sponsored bills
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 62 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to development authorities, so as to provide for the creation of regional development authorities; to provide an enhancement for the jobs tax credit for such authorities; to provide for a grant program for primary care medical facilities; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Camp Sunshine; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION urging the Georgia Department of Education to consider whether any course credit, recognition, or other benefit may be conferred upon students who have foreign travel experience involving substantial and instructive exposure to a foreign country, including, but not limited to, the foreign country's culture, society, languages, religions, history, art, economy, politics, geography, and cuisine; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending the University of Georgia AGHON Honor Society on the occasion of its centennial; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to imposition, rate, computation, and exemptions from state income taxes, so as to expand the tax credit for rural physicians to dentists, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants; to revise definitions; to increase the amount of the tax credit and the number of years it can be claimed; to eliminate the restriction relating to returning to practice in a rural county; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 14 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to other educational programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to authorize home study students to participate in extracurricular and interscholastic activities in the student's resident public school system; to amend Code Section 20-2-690 of the O.C.G.A., relating to educational entities and requirements for private schools and home study programs, so as to provide parents and guardians authority to execute documents for verification purposes; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 6 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to employment under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide that a teacher who receives in two consecutive school years any combination of two unsatisfactory, ineffective, or needs development annual summative performance evaluations shall not be eligible for a renewable certificate from the Professional Standards Commission; to provide that a teacher who receives an annual performance rating of unsatisfactory, ineffective, or needs development shall be offered the opportunity to request a new evaluator for the following school year; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION recognizing March 5, 2020, as Patient-Centered Physicians Coalition of Georgia Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of Dr. Esco Hall Jr., the first black veterinarian to graduate from the University of Georgia; and for other purposes.