Rep. Randy Nix

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 1A of Part 2 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to improved student learning environment and discipline in elementary and secondary education, so as to require local school systems to conduct certain screenings, assessments, and reviews prior to expelling or assigning a student in kindergarten through third grade to out-of-school suspension for five or more consecutive or cumulative days during a school year; to provide exceptions; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to waste management, so as to extend the sunset date for certain solid waste surcharges and hazardous waste fees; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION creating the Joint Study Committee on the Establishment of a State Accreditation Process; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 30 of the O.C.G.A., relating to handicapped persons generally, so as to revise provisions relating to the Georgia Commission on Hearing Impaired and Deaf Persons; to provide for definitions; to expand the membership of the commission; to establish a task force; to require use of existing assessments; to monitor individual children's language and literacy progress; to develop a state-wide coordinated longitudinal data management system for all children who are deaf or hard of hearing; to require information sharing and collaboration among state agencies; to provide integrated and seamless services from birth through literacy; to require public reporting mechanisms; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for the Heard County Board of Education, approved March 28, 1985 (Ga. L. 1985, p. 5078), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 4, 1997 (Ga. L. 1997, p. 3661), so as to provide a new method of compensating the members of the Heard County Board of Education; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION honoring and commending Representative Brooks P. Coleman, Jr., on the grand occasion of his retirement from the Georgia House of Representatives; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending the Claim Your Fame Radio Show, founder and CEO Sharon "Ladee Storem" Acres, and hosts Delores Walker-Burke and Camilla Renay Terrell; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION recognizing March 22, 2018, as Georgia Speech-Language-Hearing Association Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Tenaska Georgia Partners, L.P.; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on the Establishment of a State Accreditation Process; and for other purposes.