32 min
2021 Georgia Legislative Session Review PAGE Talks
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- Education
This episode is all about what happened under the Gold Dome during the 2021 session of the Georgia General Assembly. You can access a written wrap-up report of the session as well as many other highlights and analyses on the legislative webpage HERE.
Host Craig Harper, PAGE Executive Director, is joined by Legislative Services staff Margaret Ciccarelli, Josh Stephens, and Claire Suggs.
Topics Discussed
COVID-19 adjustments for the 2021 legislative sessionGov. Brian Kemp's Teacher Pipeline Bill$1,000 educator retention supplement$3,000 educator tax credit for qualifying teachers in high needs and rural schoolsTRS return-to-work bill and why it would not take effect until July 2023Explanation of two-year process for fiscal impact billsPaid parental leave for state employees, including school employeesCharter school funding and expanded educator eligibility for state healthHome school students qualification to participate in public schools sportsExpansion of the special needs voucherFiscal impact of vouchersVoucher bills that did not pass: Educational Savings Accounts and expansion of student scholarshipsPartial budget restoration of austerity reductions and fiscal outlookAdditional federal funding for schools through pandemic spendingAllocation formulas for federal fundingGet to know your legislators now for better advocacy later
"Inspirational Outlook" by scottholmesmusic.com
This episode is all about what happened under the Gold Dome during the 2021 session of the Georgia General Assembly. You can access a written wrap-up report of the session as well as many other highlights and analyses on the legislative webpage HERE.
Host Craig Harper, PAGE Executive Director, is joined by Legislative Services staff Margaret Ciccarelli, Josh Stephens, and Claire Suggs.
Topics Discussed
COVID-19 adjustments for the 2021 legislative sessionGov. Brian Kemp's Teacher Pipeline Bill$1,000 educator retention supplement$3,000 educator tax credit for qualifying teachers in high needs and rural schoolsTRS return-to-work bill and why it would not take effect until July 2023Explanation of two-year process for fiscal impact billsPaid parental leave for state employees, including school employeesCharter school funding and expanded educator eligibility for state healthHome school students qualification to participate in public schools sportsExpansion of the special needs voucherFiscal impact of vouchersVoucher bills that did not pass: Educational Savings Accounts and expansion of student scholarshipsPartial budget restoration of austerity reductions and fiscal outlookAdditional federal funding for schools through pandemic spendingAllocation formulas for federal fundingGet to know your legislators now for better advocacy later
"Inspirational Outlook" by scottholmesmusic.com
32 min