SR903: SR903 Georgia Piedmont Technical College; recognize

This resolution is a ceremonial statement from the Georgia Senate rather than a law that changes anyone's rights or duties. It recognizes Georgia Piedmont Technical College, which serves more than 4,400 students a year and reports a job placement rate above 98 percent, for opening its new Regional Transportation Training Center. The resolution describes the center as the largest transportation education facility of its kind on the East Coast, offering training in Commercial Driver's License programs, logistics, fleet maintenance, and electric lineworker education. It notes the center is expected to serve about 800 students per semester and was built through a public-private partnership involving the State of Georgia, DeKalb County, the City of Stonecrest, and companies including Georgia Power, Amazon, and Radius Recycling. The Senate directs its Secretary to send a copy of the resolution to the college.

• Formally recognizes and commends Georgia Piedmont Technical College for opening its Regional Transportation Training Center.
• States the Senate's support and best wishes for the college's continued work in workforce education across Georgia.
• Directs the Secretary of the Senate to prepare and distribute a copy of the resolution to the college.
• Creates no new law, funding, or regulatory requirement; it is a commendation, not binding legislation.

Georgia Piedmont Technical College and its students and staff, along with the local governments and companies named in the resolution, including DeKalb County, the City of Stonecrest, Georgia Power, Amazon, and Radius Recycling, who are credited as partners in the new training center.

The resolution has no legal effect on Georgians but serves as an official record of state recognition for a workforce training facility expected to serve about 800 students per semester in transportation, logistics, and utility careers across DeKalb, Newton, and Rockdale counties.

• The whereas clauses describe the college's enrollment, job placement rate, and the scope and partners behind the new Regional Transportation Training Center.
• The resolving clause formally commends the college and wishes it continued success in workforce education.
• A further resolving clause directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute a copy of the resolution to the college.

1. 2026-03-04Senate Read and Adopted (Senate)
2. 2026-03-03Senate Hopper (Senate)

• Emanuel Jones (D, SD-010)Primary sponsor
• Sheikh Rahman (D, SD-005)
• Ed Harbison (D, SD-015)
• Nikki Merritt (D, SD-009)
• Randal Mangham (D, SD-055)
• Tonya Anderson (D, SD-043)
• Elena Parent (D, SD-044)
• Kenya Wicks (D, SD-034)
• Gail Davenport (D, SD-017)
• Nan Orrock (D, SD-036)
• Harold Jones (D, SD-022)
• Kim Jackson (D, SD-041)
• Donzella James (D, SD-028)
• RaShaun Kemp (D, SD-038)

• technical college
• workforce training
• transportation education
• DeKalb County
• economic development