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Thirty-third legislative day - Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Seven days remain in the session. Adjournment for the year will be April 2.
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House passes bill to consider
antisemitism the same as
religious discrimination in public schools
HB 523, by Sen. Russ Goodman, R-Clinch County, states: "It is the intent of the General Assembly to ensure that no student, teacher, or employee in Georgia's public education system is subjected to discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, or religion," including antisemitism in the definition of discrimination.
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Bill to require public schools to submit
semi-annual reports on foreign funding
passes Senate in highly partisan debate
The "Foreign Funding Transparency and Accountability Act," HB 1379, passed the Senate this afternoon but not before a highly contentious and partisan debate. The bill requires the reporting of contributions by "a country that has been designated as a country of particular concern by the President of the United States or the United States Secretary of State" to public schools.
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House Education Committee meets tomorrow
The House Education Committee will take up three bills according to its agenda for tomorrow at 1 p.m., including:
SB 369, the "Charter Schools Act of 1998," concerns dropout recovery charter schools and the reporting of academic progress by school. "Dropout recovery charter school" means a charter school that enrolls students in any of grades six through 12 in remedial, special education programs, and dropout prevention and academic intervention programs.
SB 431 would require the the enrollment of foster care students within two school days of request or enrollment by such student's parent or legal custodian.
SB 513 - the "Every Day Counts Act" - addresses chronic student absenteeism by suspending students from extracurricular activities who are absent without excuse for more than five days in the first 50 days of the school year or, after 50 days, for more than 10% of school days.
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House votes to suspend state gax tax
The House of Representatives voted today to suspend the state tax for 60 days by amending the suspension onto another bill, which now goes to the Senate.
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Early voting in April 7 special
election runoffs begins March 30
Special election runoffs are scheduled for April 7 including the following districts:
SENATE DISTRICT 53 (Chattooga, Dade, Walker, and portions of Catoosa and Floyd counties). Republican Lanny Thomas and Democrat Jack Zibluk are the candidates.
HOUSE DISTRICT 94 (DeKalb and Gwinnett counties). GAE has endorsed Venola Mason, a former educator.
HOUSE DISTRICT 130 (Richmond County). Democrat former State Rep. Sheila Nelson and Republican Thomas McAdams are the two candidates in the runoff special election runoff.
U.S. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 14: (Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Murray, Paulding, Polk, Walker and Whitfield counties as well as portions of Cobb County). Clay Fuller, a lawyer who has been endorsed by President Donald Trump, and former Brigadier General and former public school educator Shawn Harris are the two candidates in the special election runoff. GAE has endorsed Gen. Harris.
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The next Legislative Alert will be Thursday, March 19
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