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 enact the "Flexibility and Accountability Act for Student Achievement"; to provide for legislative intent; to categorize each school system as a Category 1, Category 2, or Category 3 school system; to establish requirements; to provide for specified flexibility and accountability for Category 1 school systems; to provide for full flexibility for Category 2 school systems; to provide for Category 3 school systems as charter systems; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for grants; to provide for mediation; to provide for rules and regulations; to revise provisions relating to waivers to improve student performance; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Sponsored bills
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Chairman J. Ethan Underwood on the occasion of his retirement; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of William Christopher Dannelly; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION recognizing February 22, 2013, as Engineering Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION requesting the United States Congress to repeal the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to conduct of public officials and lobbyist disclosure; to provide that public employees shall not use government owned or leased computers or telecommunications devices to promote or oppose the passage of any legislation by the General Assembly or to promote or oppose the approval or veto of any legislation by the Governor; to provide that e-mail addresses of parents or guardians of students in school systems collected by the school system shall be used only for school related functions and shall not be used for the purpose of promoting or opposing the passage of any legislation by the General Assembly, promoting or opposing the approval or veto of any legislation by the Governor, or promoting or opposing the ratification or approval of questions submitted to the electorate; to repeal conflicting laws; 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 the imposition, rate, and computation of income taxes and exemptions, so as to broaden the types of tax liability subject to offset by the qualified education tax credit; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION dedicating the intersection of Georgia Route 400 and State Route 141 in Forsyth County as the William Everett Bennett Memorial Interchange; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending the Georgia Institute of Technology Yellow Jacket football team; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding military, emergency management, and veterans affairs, so as to prohibit the state, any political subdivision of the state, any employee of the state or of a political subdivision of the state, and any member of the Georgia National Guard or State Defense Force while on official state duty to assist any agency of or the armed forces of the United States in the execution of 50 U.S.C. Section 1541; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.