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title: HB 1330. Georgia Public School Excellence and Stability Act; enact
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date: 2026-02-19
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status_date: 2026-02-17
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sponsors:
  - Doreen Carter
  - Beth Camp
  - Bethany Ballard
  - David Wilkerson
  - Carolyn Hugley
  - Bryce Berry
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  - public schools
  - teacher pay
  - education funding
  - school performance
  - tutoring programs
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# HB 1330. Georgia Public School Excellence and Stability Act; enact

## Text

House Bill 1330
By: Representatives Carter of the 93rd, Camp of the 135th, Ballard of the 147th, Wilkerson of
the 38th, Hugley of the 141st, and others
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Part 14 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to other educational programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act,"
so as to provide for the Georgia Public School Excellence and Stability (GPSES) grant
program; to provide for eligibility; to provide for requirements; to clarify student residency
qualification for promise scholarship accounts; to provide for a short title; to provide for
related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Public School Excellence and
Stability Act."
SECTION 2.
Part 14 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated,
relating to other educational programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," is amended
by revising Code Section 20-2-308, which is reserved, as follows:
"20-2-308.
<ins>(a) The State Board of Education shall establish the Georgia Public School Excellence and
Stability (GPSES) grant program for the purpose of providing grants to local school
systems and public schools to fund:
(1) Tutorial and other educational services provided directly to students in schools
included on the most recent list of public schools provided for in Code Section 20-2B-29,
provided that such services:
(A) Are grade level appropriate;
(B) Are aligned with state standards;
(C) Are aligned with the science of reading; and
(D) Track and report student progress; and
(2) Salary supplements to teachers and school administrators with more than three years
of creditable service according to the minimum salary schedule provided for in Code
Section 20-2-212 who accept for the first time a school year contract, as such term is
defined in Code Section 20-2-942, to work at a school included on the most recent list of
public schools provided for in Code Section 20-2B-29, subject to the following:
(A) No salary supplement shall exceed $5,000.00 per school year; and
(B) A teacher or school administrator who qualifies for a salary supplement under this
paragraph shall be eligible to receive a salary supplement for the second and third
consecutive school years for which he or she accepts a school year contract to work at
the same school; provided, however, that such teacher or school administrator shall not
be eligible to receive a salary supplement for any year during which he or she receives
an unsatisfactory rating on any annual summative performance evaluation conducted
in accordance with Code Section 20-2-210.
(b) Each public school included on the most recent list of public schools provided for in
Code Section 20-2B-29 and each local school system with one or more schools included
on such list may apply to the State Board of Education for a GPSES grant by submitting
</ins>
<ins>an application and supporting information on a form and in a manner determined by the
Department of Education. Such application shall include a detailed plan for how grant
funds will be expended, including details about what tutorial and other educational services
are to be provided and how the impact on student learning of such services will be
measured.
(c) This Code section is subject to appropriations made specifically for such purposes.
</ins> <del>Reserved."
</del> SECTION 3.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.

## Summaries written by Georgia Commons

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A Georgia House bill would create a new state grant program to fund tutoring and teacher pay bonuses at struggling public schools, and would also touch residency rules for promise scholarship accounts.

### Plain-language summary

This bill sets up the Georgia Public School Excellence and Stability (GPSES) grant program inside the Quality Basic Education Act (O.C.G.A. Title 20). The State Board of Education would award grants to local school systems and individual public schools that appear on the most recent list of schools identified under O.C.G.A. § 20-2B-29 (Georgia's school performance identification list). Schools could use the money for grade-appropriate tutoring aligned with state standards and the science of reading, and for salary supplements of up to $5,000 a year for teachers and administrators with more than three years of experience who take a new contract at one of these schools.
A teacher or administrator can keep getting the supplement for up to three years in a row at the same school, unless they get an unsatisfactory performance evaluation. Schools and districts must apply with a detailed plan showing how the money will be spent and how they will measure its effect on student learning. The whole program depends on the legislature actually setting aside money for it. The bill's title also mentions clarifying student residency rules for promise scholarship accounts, though that provision is not shown in the operative text supplied.

### What it does

- Creates the Georgia Public School Excellence and Stability (GPSES) grant program run by the State Board of Education for schools on the state's most recent list of identified schools under O.C.G.A. § 20-2B-29.
- Allows grant money to pay for tutoring and other educational services that must be grade-level appropriate, aligned with state standards, and based on the science of reading.
- Creates salary supplements of up to $5,000 per year for experienced teachers and administrators (more than three years of service) who newly accept a contract to work at a qualifying school.
- Lets a teacher or administrator renew the salary supplement for up to three consecutive school years at the same school, but cuts it off if they receive an unsatisfactory performance evaluation that year.
- Requires schools and districts to submit an application with a spending plan and a method for measuring the program's effect on student learning.
- Makes the entire grant program contingent on the General Assembly actually appropriating money for it, and repeals conflicting laws.

### Who it affects

Public schools and local school systems that appear on the state's most recent list of identified schools under O.C.G.A. § 20-2B-29, along with the teachers and administrators who work or could work at those schools, the State Board of Education and Department of Education, which run the grant program, and students who would receive the tutoring services.

### Why it matters

If funded, the program could bring extra tutoring services and financial incentives for experienced educators to schools the state has flagged for performance concerns. Whether any of this happens in practice depends on the legislature separately approving money for the grants, since the bill itself does not guarantee funding.

### Key provisions

- Section 1 names the bill the 'Georgia Public School Excellence and Stability Act.'
- Section 2 rewrites O.C.G.A. § 20-2-308 to establish the GPSES grant program under the State Board of Education.
- Subsection (a)(1) limits grant-funded tutoring to services that are grade-level appropriate, aligned with state standards, aligned with the science of reading, and that track student progress.
- Subsection (a)(2) caps teacher and administrator salary supplements at $5,000 per school year and allows renewal for up to three consecutive years absent an unsatisfactory evaluation.
- Subsection (b) requires schools and districts to apply to the State Board of Education with a detailed plan for spending the grant and measuring its impact.
- Subsection (c) makes the entire program 'subject to appropriations made specifically for such purposes,' meaning it only operates if funded.
- Section 3 repeals any conflicting state laws.

## Status

- Status: Introduced (2026-02-17)
- Last action: House Second Readers (2026-02-19)
- Sponsors: Doreen Carter, Beth Camp, Bethany Ballard, David Wilkerson, Carolyn Hugley, Bryce Berry
- Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73261

> The history, votes, and amendments (129 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1330.md?full=1