HR 527: Georgia Pre-K Week; October 6-10, 2025; recognize

This resolution formally recognizes October 6-10, 2025 as Georgia Pre-K Week, marking the 15th year Voices for Georgia's Children and the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning have hosted the observance. It highlights the history of Georgia's Pre-K Program, which began under Governor Zell Miller in 1992 and now serves more than 73,000 children annually in about 3,700 classrooms across all 159 counties. The resolution cites research showing the program's benefits, notes funding from the Georgia Lottery Corporation exceeding $9 billion since inception, and references a House working group's recommendations for improving Pre-K, such as restoring class sizes and increasing teacher pay. It directs the Clerk of the House to send a copy of the resolution to Voices for Georgia's Children. As a resolution, it does not change any Georgia law.

• Designates October 6-10, 2025 as Georgia Pre-K Week in an official House resolution.
• Formally thanks the programs, teachers, aides, and staff involved in Georgia's Pre-K Program and other early education programs.
• Encourages parents, educators, community members, and business leaders to participate in and support high-quality early education.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to send a copy of the resolution to Voices for Georgia's Children.

Georgia's Pre-K Program teachers, aides, and staff; the roughly 73,000 children and their families enrolled in Pre-K classrooms statewide; the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning; and the advocacy group Voices for Georgia's Children, which receives a copy of the resolution.

The resolution carries symbolic weight rather than changing any law or funding. It publicly recognizes the Pre-K Program's role in early childhood education and draws attention to a House working group's recommendations, such as smaller class sizes and higher teacher pay, without requiring the state to act on them.

• The resolving clause recognizes October 6-10, 2025 as Georgia Pre-K Week and thanks Pre-K programs, teachers, aides, and staff statewide.
• The resolution encourages parents, educators, community members, and business leaders to participate in Georgia Pre-K Week.
• A further resolution directs the Clerk of the House to distribute a copy of the resolution to Voices for Georgia's Children.
• The preamble references a House working group's recommendations, including restoring class sizes to 20 students and increasing assistant teacher salaries, without enacting them.

1. 2025-03-06House Read and Adopted (House)
2. 2025-03-06House First Readers (House)
3. 2025-03-06House Hopper (House)

• Scott Hilton (R, HD-48)Primary sponsor
• Jan Jones (R, HD-47)
• Bethany Ballard (R, HD-147)
• Carmen Rice (R, HD-139)
• Chris Erwin (R, HD-32)
• Matt Dubnik (R, HD-29)

• early childhood education
• Georgia Pre-K Program
• education funding
• teacher pay