Banks County, GA

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1A Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to early care and learning, so as to revise provisions regarding employee comprehensive background checks for early care and education programs and Head Start programs; to provide for definitions; to provide for revocation and nonissuance of licenses and commissions for early care and education programs; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the Town of Braselton, approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4319), so as to annex certain properties into the town; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; to provide an effective date; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to persons and their rights, so as to provide that life is valued and protected from the moment of conception and that each life, from that moment, is accorded the same rights and protections guaranteed to all persons; to provide for definitions; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 4 of Article 17 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sick, personal, and maternity leave for teachers and other school personnel, so as to increase from three to five the number of accumulated sick leave days teachers and other school personnel may take each school year for personal or professional reasons; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 45-9-78 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to payment of indemnification for death or disability generally, designation of method of payment, and procedure for making payments, so as to increase the indemnification award of certain state public school personnel in the event of death; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the “Quality Basic Education Act,” so as to enact the “Equal Athletic Opportunities Act”; to provide generally for student participation in interscholastic athletic activities and events; to generally prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex in such activities and events; to promote fair and safe competition; to provide for the use of student eligibility rules, standards, and classifications; to provide for exceptions to general provisions; to provide for specific designations; to prohibit male students from participating in athletic activities and events designated for female students and vice versa; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-44.2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to base year homestead exemption, so as to postpone the date by which local governing authorities are authorized to opt out of such homestead exemption; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education compacts, so as to enter into the Interstate Compact for School Psychologists; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for the provisions of the compact; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.