Rep. Valencia Stovall

A RESOLUTION recognizing Ms. Rosalind Sconiers; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to extensively revise the Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Program; to revise definitions; to require a signed agreement by parents; to extend the uses for which scholarship funds may be used; to revise requirements for eligibility and participation; to transfer administration of the scholarship program from the Department of Education to the Office of Student Achievement; to revise provisions relating to scholarship funds; to revise the components of an annual report on the program; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION recognizing February 18, 2016 as Georgia Association of Educators (GAE) Day at the Capitol; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to conditionally repeal an Act providing for homestead exemptions from ad valorem taxes for city purposes for residents of the City of Jonesboro, approved May 14, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 5845), and to enact a new provision; to restate the amount of the homestead exemption for the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, specific conditional repeal, and automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 5 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disposition of surplus state property, so as to provide for the offer of surplus property to charitable institutions at no charge prior to disposition by other means in certain instances; to provide for limitations; to provide for related matters; 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 imposition, rate, computation, and exemptions from state income taxation, so as to provide an exemption for individual and corporate donors to student scholarship organizations; to amend Chapter 2A of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to student scholarship organizations, so as to create a new income tax exemption for student scholarship funding; to provide for individual and corporate donations to student scholarship organizations; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION recognizing February, 2016, as American Heart Month in Georgia and encouraging citizens to work together to promote and improve the health of Georgians and to increase awareness and understanding of heart disease; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 3 of Part 2 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to chronic disciplinary problem students, so as to require documented behavior correction action plans for certain students with disciplinary problems; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Christopher and Kyle Massey; and for other purposes.

A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending the Clayton-Pike-Lamar-Upson-Spalding Forestry Unit on being named the Georgia Forestry Commission 2015 Northern Unit of the Year; and for other purposes.