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HB 353: Georgia Lottery for Education Act

The Act primarily functions to combat the illegal use of cash payouts for coin- operated amusement machines (COAM). The Act codifies Governor Brian Kemp’s (R) prior executive order that created a pilot program for the redemption of noncash gift cards into law. In addition, the Act brings the Georgia

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SB 233: The Georgia Promise Scholarship Act

The Act permits some current students or prospective kindergarteners attending a public school ranked in the bottom 25% by the Georgia Department of Education to apply for a $6,500 grant toward qualified education expenses, including some homeschooling expenses and private school tuition. These grants will only be made available

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Hush Don't Say a Word: Safeguarding Student's Freedom of Expression in the Trump Era

The controversy surrounding NFL player Colin Kaepernick’s act of kneeling during the national anthem in protest of police brutality against people of color continues to permeate public discourse. In March 2017, President Trump referenced Colin Kaepernick’s symbolic act during a rally in Louisville, Kentucky, in an effort to

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EDUCATION Amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20, Relating to the Health of Students in Elementary and Secondary Education, so as to Require Local School Systems to Conduct an Annual Fitness Assessment and to Comply with State Physical Edu...

The Act requires each local school system to conduct an annual fitness assessment program of students in elementary and secondary school during a course taught by a certified physical education teacher in which the student is enrolled. Each local school system must report the individual results of each fitness assessment

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EDUCATION Elementary and Secondary Education: Amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, Relating to Elementary and Secondary Education, so as to Provide the Option for Parents to Enroll Their Child in Another School Within ...

Beginning with the 2009–2010 school year this Act allows parents of students enrolled in public elementary or secondary school in the state to enroll their child in a public school in their school district other than the one the child has been assigned by the local board of education.

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