Education, elections, ethics ...
6/8/2010
HB 910 - Makes an annual Gender Equity report from DOE optional
HB 923 - Restricts a teacher who has received a leadership advanced degree from being paid based on that degree by the salary schedule unless the teacher is actually in a leadership position. Grandfathers in those in the pipeline through 2014.
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Legislative review
5/25/2010
The longest legislative session in memory actually produced a wide range of legislation due in part to the fact that the 2010 Session was the second year of the term and a number of pieces were already waiting in committees in each body when the Session began.
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April's revenues don't reflect much change
5/18/2010
After a slightly improving revenue month in March, expectations of continued improvement suffered a setback in April as state revenues fell $58 million or 4.2%.
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Passage of FY2011 budget
5/4/2010
Passage of the FY2011 budget of $17.9 billion marked the final day of the longest-ever session of the General Assembly on Thursday, April 29, 2010.
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Transportation sales tax plan
5/18/2010
As the Legislature mercifully enters the last week, the top two pieces of legislation of 2010 were passed and approved by both bodies.
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Closing the gap
4/20/2010
The pieces of the revenue side of the FY 2011 budget fell into place this week with the passage of HB 1055 updating various fees, including a hospital fee, but accompanied by two pieces of tax relief for Georgia citizens. Even with those two bills, there is still a $200 million hole in the FY11 budget that is being filled mostly with other cuts to agencies.
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