Stories - Subject = 2006 Capitol Reports

DateTitle
5/10/2006 2006 General Assembly - Bills PASSED, SIGNED, VETOED - FINAL
5/1/2006 State Appropriations Hurt Local School Systems
4/24/2006 PTA Advocacy Record - What happened to bills we took a position on.
4/6/2006 Day 40, Revenue and Taxation Bills Passed on Last Day, Preliminary
4/2/2006 Day 40, Education, Higher Education, Health, Bills Passed on Last Day, Preliminary
4/2/2006 Day 40, Governance, Driving, and Gun Bills Passed on Last Day, Preliminary
3/31/2006 Day 40, Education Bills Passed, Preliminary
3/30/2006 Day 40, SB 413 PASSES on the Last Day and Nearly the Last Hour
3/29/2006 Day 39 + 1, Bills Passing Both Chambers Awaiting Agreement - SB 413 is still in Conference Committee
3/28/2006 Day 39, No budget, No Agreement on SB 413, Long Calendars
3/27/2006 Day 38, Senate Disagrees with House Version of SB 413, the parent permission bill
3/25/2006 Day 37 + 1, Class Size Reduction Bill On Its Way to Governor for Signature
3/24/2006 Day 37, SB 413 PASSED House, Parent Permission Bill Requested by PTA
3/23/2006 Day 36, Days are getting longer – Lots of bills got action.
3/23/2006 SB413, Ready to be Voted On in House. CALL
3/22/2006 Day 35, E-SPLOST Bill Clears Senate Committee
3/21/2006 Day 34 + 1, PTA Dropout Conference Bill clears House Education
3/20/2006 Day 34, Bible Bill enabled
3/17/2006 Day 33 + 1, More bills moving, discovered after a thorough audit.
3/16/2006 Day 33, PTA Sponsored Bills Begin Move in House
3/15/2006 Day 32, Another Recovery Day
3/14/2006 Day 31, What a Difference a Day Makes
3/13/2006 Day 30, Crossover Day, Some Do and A Few Don’t
3/10/2006 Day 29 + 1, Bills Passing out of Committee. Some have a Chance of Passing
3/9/2006 Day 29, Many Bills PASS as Crossover Day 30 Nears
3/8/2006 Day 28, Midterm Budget Passes both Houses, FY07 Passes House
3/7/2006 Day 27 + 1, A Recess Day, A LONG House Education Committee meeting
3/6/2006 Day 27, NASCAR goes to Charlotte, NC and AT&T buys BellSouth.
3/3/2006 Day 26 + 1, Other Bills Which Have Moved This Week
3/2/2006 Day 26, House Passes Class Size Reduction & High Performing Principals
3/1/2006 Day 25, Remediation for Middle Schoolers Passes Senate
2/28/2006 Day 24, PTA requested bill, SB 413, Passed Senate
2/28/2006 Day 24 Addendum, House Acknowledges Wiley Nixon with a Historic Feat
2/24/2006 Day 23 + 1, More Bills with Action
2/23/2006 Day 23, 65% Solution on its Way to the Governor
2/22/2006 Day 22, Three School Bills Pass in Senate
2/21/2006 Day 21, PTA Supported Bills on the Move
2/20/2006 Day 21 less 1, More Bills Moving
2/17/2006 Day 20 + 1, Bills introduced this week
2/16/2006 Day 20, 65% solution Education Funding Bill passes on PTA Day at the Capitol
2/15/2006 Day 19, Clubs Bill Passes House
2/14/2006 Day 18, Lots of Committee Action on Both Sides of the Capitol
2/13/2006 Day 17, Busy Day under the Gold Dome
2/9/2006 Day 16, 65% spending rule clears House Education subcommittee
2/8/2006 Day 15, Senate Passes High Performing Principals Bill
2/6/2006 Day 14, Senate Grieves, House has short calendar
2/4/2006 Day 13 + 1, New bills introduced this past week
2/3/2006 Day 13, HOPE Chest Reconsidered, Bible Bill Passes, Mid Year Budget
2/2/2006 Day 12, HOPE Chest Fails, Child tax credits Pass
2/1/2006 Day 11, Clubs bill gets modified in Subcommittee
1/31/2006 Day 10, The 65% Solution PASSES
1/30/2006 Day 10 less 1, The General Assembly is in recess - Getting caught up on new bills
1/26/2006 SB 413 gets support of State School Superintendent - Georgia PTA asked for this parent permission bill
1/26/2006 Day 9, Slow day for education.
1/25/2006 Day 8, House Subcommittee moves Education Mid Year budget
1/24/2006 National PTA analysis of the 65% solution.
1/24/2006 Day 7, Senate Committee Approves ‘65% Spending in the Classroom’ bill
1/23/2006 Day 6, Senate Education moves the extracurricular permission bill
1/22/2006 Day 6 minus 1, Bills begin to get on full chamber calendars
1/22/2006 Day 6 – the 65% Solution to Education Funding
1/17/2006 Recess Day - Hearings for state Education budget
1/14/2006 Day 5 + 1, More Bills Have Been Introduced
1/13/2006 Day 5, New Bills Just Keep Coming, and Next Week’s Agenda
1/12/2006 Day 4, Even More New Bills
1/11/2006 Beware of Unsolicited Gifts - A Response to the Governor's Proposals
1/11/2006 Day 3, Georgia PTA Recommended Bill Is Introduced
1/10/2006 Day 2 - Lots of new legislation
1/9/2006 Day 1 - The General Assembly Convenes
1/5/2006 2006 Prefiled Bills