- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Serial:
- Legislative update.
- Title:
- Legislative update [Feb. 5, 2007]
- Creator:
- Georgia. Department of Technical and Adult Education
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia. Department of Technical and Adult Education
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia. Department of Technical and Adult Education
- Date of Original:
- 2007-02-05
- Subject:
- Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- publications (documents)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Began with Jan. 9, 2006.
Issued by Technical College System of Georgia, 2008-
Jan. 9, 2006; title from pdf of cover (GALILEO, viewed July 8,2008).
Mar. 7, 2008, viewed July 8, 2008. - External Identifiers:
- Call Number GA T500 .P1 L4 2007/2-5
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-bt500-b-pp1-bl4-b2007-s2-h5-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-bt500-b-pp1-bl4-b2007-s2-h5-belec-p-btext
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
2007 LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education
The Week Ahead:
House Higher Education Committee Tuesday, February 13 (2:00 p.m. Room 606 CLOB Building)
Useful Links:
For more information on House and Senate members or to track legislation, log on to www.legis.state.ga.us
To access live committee meeting broadcasts in the House, log on to www.legis.state.ga.us and click on House, then select Georgia Legislative Network from the Daily Update which will provide a menu of broadcasts.
Week of February 5, 2007
Saturday, February 10, marked the 17th day of the 2007 legislative session. Lawmakers will reconvene on Monday, February 12, for Day 18. Highlights for the past week include:
Interim Commissioner Ron Jackson presented the agency's fiscal year 2008 budget to the Senate Higher Education Subcommittee of Appropriations on Thursday. Jackson made a strong case to recoup the $7.1 million reduction recommended by the Governor for declining enrollments. Several other items in the Governor's budget were discussed, including the adult literacy TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) funds, funding for the KIA project, replacement of obsolete equipment, utilities increase and the fast track nursing initiative.
The Governor's HOPE Chest legislation (Senate Resolution 125), a constitutional amendment ensuring that lottery funds can only be used to pay for the HOPE scholarships, HOPE grants, and the pre-k program, passed unanimously out of the Senate Higher Education Committee on Friday and now moves to the full Senate for consideration.
Senate Bill 39 (the Charter Systems Act), which enables entire school systems to operate under the charter concept, passed out of the Senate and has been assigned to the House Education Committee.
Senate Bill 68, legislation that would allow for career academies to be established as charter schools in order to increase graduation rates and potential job and educational opportunities for students by providing start-up funds through the partnership of technical colleges and local boards of education, passed out of the Senate last week and has been referred to the House Higher Education Committee.
Senate Bill 111, legislation which allows the University System to carry forward tuition revenues from fiscal year to fiscal year, passed unanimously out of the Senate Higher Education Committee on Friday and now awaits scheduling by the Senate Rules Committee for a floor vote.
Senator Seth Harp and others introduced Senate Resolution 158, honoring Mike Vollmer for his outstanding career in state government and congratulating him on his retirement.
For questions regarding information contained in this bulletin, contact Laura Gammage lgammage@dtae.org (404) 374-6557