Stories - Subject = 2008 Capitol Reports

DateTitle
11/8/2008 2009 Georgia SENATE, November General Election Results
11/8/2008 2009 GA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, November General Election Results
7/23/2008 2008 Constitutional Amendments, As Passed
5/26/2008 2008 Legislature and PTA Positions, May 2008
5/23/2008 Georgia PTA 2008 Voting Record for General Assembly May 2008
5/14/2008 2008 FINAL Legislative Report
4/9/2008 Post Session: More Bills of Interest Which PASSED
4/4/2008 Day 40: Sine Die, At Last!
4/2/2008 Day 39: Charter Bill PASSES Senate as Amended - Updated 7 April 08
4/1/2008 Day 38: April Fool! Why are We Not Laughing?
3/31/2008 Day 37: IE2 Bill PASSES, as does Trauma Fees on Vehicle Registration, and Lots More
3/28/2008 Day 36: Bills Get Out of Committee to Await Placement on Floor Calendars
3/28/2008 Day 36: Senate PASSES $3.1 Billion in Tax Cuts and a Budget Which Cuts Education
3/27/2008 Day 35: Money Continues to Talk at the General Assembly
3/25/2008 Recess Day: Another Budget, FY09. House PASSES
3/24/2008 Recess Day: FY08, Georgia Educational Funding
3/20/2008 Day 34: At last, the Mid Year FY08 Budget PASSES
3/19/2008 Day 33: Another Money Day
3/18/2008 Day 32: Taxes, Taxes, Taxes; Politics, Politics, Politics
3/12/2008 Day 31: Charter School Bill gets a DO PASS in Senate
3/11/2008 Day 30: Crossover Day, the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Updated Mach 12, 2008
3/10/2008 Recess Day: Tag Tax to be Revisited?
3/7/2008 Day 29 + 1: Legislation Eligible to be put on a Chamber Floor Calendar
3/6/2008 Day 29: A Day of Many Bills Passing, and some Intrigue
3/4/2008 ALERT ON SR 796 -- ACT TODAY
3/4/2008 Day 27: It is Time to OPPOSE Tax Bills and Vouchers
2/29/2008 Day 26: Schools Shall be Rated on the SHAPE of their Students
2/28/2008 Day 25: Many Education Bills gets out of Committee
2/27/2008 Day 24: Increasing Mandatory School Age Get the Nod
2/26/2008 Day 23: House considers lots of bills. Senate Enables More Vouchers.
2/24/2008 ALERT ALERT ALERT -- Tax Bills HR 1246, SR 796, HB 979
2/22/2008 Day 22: Running towards Day 30, Crossover Day
2/21/2008 Day 21: Taxes, Taxes, Taxes
2/20/2008 Day 20: Tax Package moves. Voucher Bill Gets a Hearing.
2/19/2008 Day 19: Budgets, Contracts, and Parental Leave
2/18/2008 A legislator’s newsletter about the budget.
2/15/2008 Recess Day: Almost at midpoint, and a Good Time to Take Stock
2/14/2008 Day 18: Taxes still the Most Talked About Issue for Education Advocates - edited 2-15-08
2/13/2008 Day 17: PTA Day At The CAPITOL was a GREAT Success
2/12/2008 Day 16: Tax Limitations Pass – Tax Exemptions Proposed
2/11/2008 Day 15: Two Bills on PTA's Radar PASS
2/8/2008 Day 14: Water Plan is Signed - House Passes the FY08 Mid Year Budget
2/7/2008 Day 13: A Busy Committee Day and Some Bills of Interest in Chamber Debate
2/6/2008 Day 12: Short Day, Little Action
2/5/2008 Day 11: Retribution, Tax Policy, and Defibrillators
2/4/2008 Recess Day: Education Funding to be restored – maybe!
2/1/2008 Day 10: VOTE next Tuesday. DOT Elections. Guns and other stuff.
1/31/2008 National PTA response to the Bush 'Pell Grant for Kids' proposal
1/31/2008 Day 9: Charters, Guns, and Budget Authority Bills Pass House
1/30/2008 Day 8: Committees and Full Chambers Aworking
1/29/2008 Day 7: Another Charter School Bill Moves
1/28/2008 Day 6: Historic Veto Override
1/24/2008 Recess Day: Money Talk
1/22/2008 Recess Day, Appropriations Committees Begin Work on the Budgets
1/21/2008 Recess Report: More New Legislation
1/18/2008 Day 5: Water Rules
1/17/2008 Day 4: Gun Bill Passes Senate
1/16/2008 Day 3: The Budget Drives Everything in State Government
1/15/2008 Day 2: Legislation Begins Moving
1/14/2008 Day 1: House Overrides a Dozen Bills
1/10/2008 PREFILED Bills, Tax Structure Changes
1/3/2008 More PREFILED bills.
12/31/2007 WORKSHEET for Calculation of Personal Impact of HR 900 - Updated 1-10-08
12/28/2007 Capitol Page Program for Students
12/21/2007 NPTA Federal Legislative NEWS
12/21/2007 Tax Structure Changes -- Your ACTION is Requested, NOW
12/20/2007 Current legal Requirements for Parents to Appear at School
12/11/2007 PREFILES, Education and More Tax Bills
12/10/2007 PREFILED Bills for the 2008 Georgia General Assembly
12/3/2007 FAQs on PTA and Taxes as in HR 900
12/1/2007 HR 900, Another Week, Another Version
11/20/2007 Prefiled Bill - Parent Protection Act
10/2/2007 Public Hearings by State Board of Education Members