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GA HR1367

Resolution

Status

Introduced

3/3/2020

Primary Sponsor

Kim Schofield

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Origin

House of Representatives

2019-2020 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Urges local boards of education to ensure every school has an operational wheelchair onsite at all times for transporting students or staff experiencing temporary incapacity, physical illness, or injury
  • Cites anecdotal incidents of school personnel resorting to regular chairs to transport injured or ill individuals as motivation for the resolution
  • Encourages businesses, organizations, individuals, parent-teacher organizations, and public or private donors to donate wheelchairs to local boards of education for school use
  • Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to local boards of education
  • Non-binding resolution with no mandate or funding mechanism; serves only as a formal recommendation from the Georgia House of Representatives

Legislative Description

Local boards of education; ensure that each of its schools has an operational wheelchair onsite at all times; urge

Last Action

House Second Readers

3/5/2020

Full Bill Text

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