Senate committee
Education and Youth
The Committee on Education & Youth has general jurisdiction over K-12 education, certified employees of schools and school facilities. It also reviews legislation related to childcare and Pre-K activities.
Committee members
Bills pending in this committee
HB1045
You Are Not Alone Awareness Act; enact
March 4, 2026Pending: Senate Education and Youth
SR888
Senate Parent Accountability for Student Success Study Committee; create
March 3, 2026Pending: Senate Education and Youth
SB597
"Student Legal Literacy and Life Skills Education Act"; enact
February 26, 2026Pending: Senate Education and Youth
SB596
"Quality Basic Education Act"; State Board of Education to establish a program of state-wide coordinated support for summer literacy programs offered by local school systems and other public schools; require
February 26, 2026Pending: Senate Education and Youth
SB595
State Board of Education; establish a student personal development and career readiness program; authorize
February 26, 2026Pending: Senate Education and Youth
SB557
Education; various provisions regarding student discipline and working conditions of teachers and other school personnel; revise
February 25, 2026Pending: Senate Education and Youth
SB554
Early Care and Learning; a grant program to expand access to child care and preschool programs; provide
February 25, 2026Pending: Senate Education and Youth
SB537
Education; schools that receive state funds from displaying any flag other than the flag of the United States or the flag, coat of arms, or state emblem of the State of Georgia; prohibit
February 20, 2026Pending: Senate Education and Youth
SB519
Education; provisions relating to the conditions of employment for employees of local school systems and other public schools; revise
February 18, 2026Pending: Senate Education and Youth
SB493
"Promise Scholarship Student Success and Transparency Act"; enact
February 11, 2026Pending: Senate Education and Youth
SB490
"Georgia Student Mental Health Days Act"; enact
February 11, 2026Pending: Senate Education and Youth
SB484
Certificated Professional Personnel; pathway to certification by the Professional Standards Commission for experienced teachers; provide
February 11, 2026Pending: Senate Education and Youth
SB479
Compulsory Attendance; adopt a policy that students shall be granted not less than one excused absence for attending or participating in a civic or political event; require the local governing body
February 10, 2026Pending: Senate Education and Youth
SB466
Local Board of Education; install key boxes at each school building in locations determined in collaboration with local law enforcement and emergency management agencies; require
February 6, 2026Pending: Senate Education and Youth
SB459
"Georgia Early Literacy Act of 2026"; enact
February 5, 2026Pending: Senate Education and Youth
SB438
Education; the beginning age for compulsory school attendance from six years to five years; reduce
February 2, 2026Pending: Senate Education and Youth
SB426
Education; high school students seeking a high school diploma to achieve a minimum score of 70 percent on the United States Citizenship Civics Test; require
January 28, 2026Pending: Senate Education and Youth
SB401
Education; local boards of education shall be required to provide instruction in firearm safety in kindergarten through grade 12; provide
January 16, 2026Pending: Senate Education and Youth
SB381
Quality Basic Education Act; grants to eligible local units of administration for students living in poverty; provide
January 13, 2026Pending: Senate Education and Youth
SB325
Education; local school systems and public schools to employ or accept as volunteers school chaplains; authorize
March 6, 2025Pending: Senate Education and Youth
SB322
State Board of Education; include instruction in the proper use of a school bus passenger restraint system within its program of safety instruction; require
March 4, 2025Pending: Senate Education and Youth
SB309
Education; repeal Chapter 2B
February 28, 2025Pending: Senate Education and Youth
SB300
"Student Teacher Promotion Act"; enact
February 28, 2025Pending: Senate Education and Youth
SB253
State Board of Education; establish a three-year pilot robotics program for eligible public schools; provide
February 26, 2025Pending: Senate Education and Youth
SB250
Wesley's Law Grant Program; provide for the creation of and establish a purpose
February 26, 2025Pending: Senate Education and Youth
SB249
"Quality Basic Education Act,"; beginning in the 2031-2032 school year, a computer science course shall be a high school graduation requirement; provide
February 26, 2025Pending: Senate Education and Youth
SB248
Georgia Council on Library Materials Standards; establish and provide
February 26, 2025Pending: Senate Education and Youth
SB247
Sick, Personal, and Maternity Leave for Teachers; the number of accumulated sick leave days teachers may take for personal or professional reasons; increase
February 26, 2025Pending: Senate Education and Youth
SB225
Education; discrimination on the basis of an individual's race due to a protective hairstyle, or length thereof, in any student dress or grooming policy; prohibit
February 21, 2025Pending: Senate Education and Youth
SB217
'Healthy Start"; enact
February 20, 2025Pending: Senate Education and Youth
SB134
Education; repeal Chapter 2B, relating to promise scholarship accounts, including both Articles 1 and 2 of said chapter
February 11, 2025Pending: Senate Education and Youth
SB133
"Blind Persons' Braille Literacy Rights and Education Act"; enact
February 11, 2025Pending: Senate Education and Youth
SB128
Quality Basic Education Act; grants to eligible local units of administration for students living in poverty; provide
February 11, 2025Pending: Senate Education and Youth
SB54
State Board of Education; establishment of a program and state-wide database relating to threats to safety made on or impacting school campuses; require
January 29, 2025Pending: Senate Education and Youth
SB41
Education; equal athletic opportunities for public school students; provide
January 29, 2025Pending: Senate Education and Youth