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GA SB464
Bill
Status
Passed
4/23/2024
Primary Sponsor
Clint Dixon
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AI Summary
- Establishes the "School Supplies for Educators Program" to allocate state funds for eligible educators (teachers, paraprofessionals, and school administrators employed in good standing at public schools) to purchase school supplies online through an authorized ecommerce platform, subject to General Assembly appropriation
- Designates 5 members of the Georgia Council on Literacy as an executive committee of voting members, appointed by the Governor, President of the Senate, Speaker of the House, the State Board of Education representative, and the council chairperson, with a quorum set as a majority of those voting members
- Requires the State Board of Education to approve, by May 15, 2025, a list of up to 5 universal reading screeners for public schools, one of which must be free, identified through a memorandum of agreement between the Georgia Council on Literacy and the Department of Education
- Requires the Department of Education to publish the approved list of universal reading screeners on its website by July 15, 2025, and mandates that each public school and local school system adopt and administer one screener from the list
- Directs the State School Superintendent, in collaboration with the Department of Administrative Services, to identify authorized software services providers to operate the online ecommerce platform, with the Department of Education responsible for restricting purchases to allowable school supplies from authorized vendors
Legislative Description
School Supplies for Teachers Program; establish
Last Action
Act 461
4/23/2024
Committee Referrals
Education3/4/2024
Education and Youth2/8/2024
Full Bill Text
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