Georgia House Bill 537

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 22 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-03-29 - House Withdrawn, Recommitted
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to require the Department of Early Care and Learning to provide for age-appropriate evidence based literacy instruction training requirements for certain child care providers; to provide for the Professional Standards Commission to require that teacher education programs include mandatory coursework in age-appropriate evidence based literacy instruction; to require the Professional Standards Commission to revise standards for acquiring and maintaining teacher certification in all teaching fields to include requirements regarding age-appropriate evidence based literacy instruction; to provide for definitions; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Early Care and Learning, Department of; age-appropriate literacy instruction training requirements for certain child care providers; provide

Rep. Becky Evans [D]	Rep. Bethany Ballard [R]	Rep. Sharon Cooper [R]	Rep. Miriam Paris [D]
Rep. Mesha Mainor [D]	Rep. Matthew Gambill [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-29	House	House Withdrawn, Recommitted
2023-03-06	House	House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2023-02-27	House	House Second Readers
2023-02-23	House	House First Readers
2023-02-22	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/64709
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/215625
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/216970