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Meeting transcript · Georgia House Higher Education Committee · March 2, 2026
House Higher Education Committee, March 2, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee considered substitutes for three bills. It approved HB 1379, which would narrow foreign-funding reporting requirements to specified countries and amounts, by an 11-3 vote. It also approved HB 1363, which the sponsor said would establish state procedures for discrimination complaints in public education, after removing references to antisemitism. Members questioned appeal rights, implementation and the exclusion of private schools. The committee held its first hearing on HB 1413, a proposed needs-based Dream Scholarship of up to $3,000 annually. Discussion focused on eligibility, work requirements, financial literacy and whether private-college students should qualify. No vote was taken on that bill, and the committee planned to consider it again.
Not quite, but... Not, not quite. Um... Are you really listening? Um... Getting wild. Um, we, I, I thank everyone, uh, for the, uh, positive, uh, comments on that and look forward to working with you. We're gonna go back. We had two, uh, two items before us, um, that I gave you, um, some more time while we were looking to, to look at. But we have...
Is there a discussion? Discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed, no. Hearing that, we move that, uh, on to rules, 1363, LC 65-0083. We have a couple of, uh, items we are gonna bring back later in the week. So, um, right now, I think we're scheduled at 1:30 tomorrow. If there are no further action before the committee, we'll...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Higher Education Committee · February 25, 2026
House Higher Education Committee, February 25, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard testimony on HB 1363, which the sponsor described as creating a statewide process for handling school discrimination complaints. Members and witnesses discussed staffing, training, equal protection for different faiths, free speech and investigation procedures. The committee held the bill for further work without voting. The committee approved HB 1328, HB 88 and HB 1345 by voice votes, with no opposition heard, and sent all three to the Rules Committee.
Um, we would leave it to the expertise of this committee for what kind of an appropriate turnaround would be, but usually like a week at least for a principal to investigate an event and provide some feedback as far as what they think an appropriate response or result of that event might be. And then the last thing, um, again, I think we are getting really...
Absolutely. Yes, ma'am. We thank you for coming. Thank you, Chairman. Good afternoon, Chairman, members of the committee. My name is Sarah Hunt-Blackwell. I'm the senior policy counsel for the ACLU of Georgia. I'm here in opposition to House Bill 1363. The IHRA definition of antisemitism that is referenced on line 17 directly limits free speech. The full...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Higher Education Committee · February 23, 2026
House Higher Education Committee, February 23, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard six bills and voted to recommend passage of a substitute for HB 1293, which concerns high school completion opportunities through technical colleges and completion schools. The committee also heard proposals on veterinary technician loan forgiveness, scholarship eligibility after a marijuana conviction, University of North Georgia military scholarships, short-term workforce training grants, and school discrimination complaints. Those five bills received no vote. The chair planned further consideration Wednesday, including additional testimony on HB 1363 after participants discovered they were working from different drafts.
Uh, with that, uh, House Bill 1363, uh, Chairman Silcox. Um, and, and it's clear to me, uh, as the, the, the chair comes to present the, the measure, we have a number of speakers on the bill. We probably, uh... I'm told we have to give up the room at 2:00, um, so we may not get to all speakers. If we don't, we will, uh, carry it over to Wednesday. You have...
Now, however, the Federal Office of Civil Rights is currently investigating the Cobb County Schools as a result of this matter. Many school districts are not equipped with how to deal with issues of antisemitism. A 2024 report said 35% of Jewish college students experience antisemitism during their time on campus. Another report said the number of...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Higher Education Committee · February 4, 2026
House Higher Education Committee, February 4, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard an update from the Georgia Student Finance Commission and held a hearing on HB 1064, which would add the Classic Learning Test (CLT) to state education and scholarship provisions. The commission’s president reviewed financial aid, direct admissions, college completion grants and the Promise Scholarship. The chair deferred questions on that presentation because of limited time. The bill’s sponsor and supporting witnesses emphasized testing choice and alignment with classical education. Committee members and witnesses raised questions about score comparisons, scholarship eligibility, research and test security. No vote was taken. The chair said the committee would resume discussion the following Wednesday and reopen testimony.
Ladies and gentlemen, this slide represents the magnitude of what we're able to do with the resources that you entrust to us. So in the most recent fiscal year, GSFC dispersed more than $1.1 billion to Georgia students. Uh, these of course support a wide range of programs, including HOPE and Zell Miller scholarships, but also need-based grants and targeted...
And so for the class of 2026, just to give you an idea of how many students we're serving, over 136,000 students received one of these personalized letter. Um, the heat map on your screen shows, uh, where we're sending these letters, the light blue dots. Uh, the dark blue shows where a student took action. And so in the letter, we ask students to come to GA...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Higher Education Committee · February 26, 2026
House Higher Education Committee, February 26, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The House Higher Education Committee held first hearings on three bills: HB 693, concerning tuition equalization grants for Herzing University students; HB 1379, concerning disclosure of foreign funding in public education; and HB 1382, concerning college credit for military service. Members questioned the sponsors and heard supporting testimony. No votes were taken. The chair planned further hearings the following week, with possible revisions to the foreign-funding bill and a substitute for the military-credit bill.
There we go. Ready. All right, good, good afternoon, everyone. We're gonna go ahead and, um, get settled in and, uh, call the meeting of the House Higher Education Committee to order on February 26th. This is our 1:00 PM addre- um, noticed 1:00 PM meeting, um, that we're, we're doing after session. We have two items on the agenda, HB 693, HB 1379, both, uh,...
I'm gonna assume these are for the, the author of the bill. I wanted to get through the speakers. I appreciate the patience of my members. We're gonna go in order here. Whip Part, did you have a question? Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have a few questions, if m- if I may, uh, to the author of the bill. Or to 10. Feel free to cut me off as needed, Mr. Chairman....
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Higher Education Committee · April 1, 2026
House Higher Education Committee, April 1, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee recommended HB 1300 to the Rules Committee after reviewing a combined package covering scholarships, college savings, opioid antagonists, student retirement contributions and lottery reserves. The chair said the bill could not advance on its own after the crossover deadline, but committee approval would make the language available for a possible Senate bill or amendment. The recommendation passed by voice vote, with no count stated. The chair also announced work between sessions on admissions-testing proposals associated with HB 1064. Members discussed reviewing how advanced courses qualify for scholarship consideration.
And I thank everybody for coming over. Um, you, you will see in your packet HB1300. Uh, as we all know, we are long past crossover day, and this bill can't cross over. But what, um, we've done with this bill, if we've included a number of propositions that were combined in the Senate, and they have that on the Senate, uh, table. Um, one of those is the...
But this committee would be able to show our colleagues in the House that we saw this exact language in committee. Um, ma- many times that's done a different way, and they, they, and we do trust our colleagues when they tell us that. But given we have the opportunity today to socialize this language, uh, give it the opportunity to, to be reported out to the...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Higher Education Committee · March 11, 2026
House Higher Education Committee, March 11, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee advanced SB 432, which would extend colleges’ authority to carry certain unspent revenue into later years, and SB 523, which would establish a state-level process for education discrimination complaints. Members approved a substitute for SB 523 and added language covering appeals. The committee also heard SB 556, which would count advanced fine arts coursework toward HOPE Scholarship requirements. Educators and other witnesses supported that change, but the chair held the bill for further work on its wording, including whether courses from additional providers could qualify.
Senator Walker, I'm gonna need an appointment later today. I'm just kidding. There you go. Thank you, Senator. Uh, we're, we're gonna move on now to Senate Bill 523. Senator Goodman, uh, want, wanna come forward? L- allow me, uh, while they're coming forward to, to set the stage here. We have, uh, Senate Bill 523 that comes to us from the Senate. Th- this...
We could hear the Iron Dome rockets going off and machine guns off the balcony at the Ambassador Hotel there. Had to leave the country through, uh, through Jordan, and of course, our tour guide was a young man by the name of Foté. And Foté stayed with me and my mother, uh, even with, uh, rockets landing within 300 yards of his home. Uh, he stayed with me...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Higher Education Committee · February 11, 2026
House Higher Education Committee, February 11, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee voted to recommend passage of HB 419, concerning campus access to opioid overdose medication; HB 385, allowing unused HOPE eligibility to support graduate or professional study; and HB 541, extending tuition equalization grants to students at a nursing school. All three moved to the Rules Committee by voice vote, with no opposition heard. The committee held first hearings without votes on HR 6, concerning multiple state investment funds, and HB 203, requiring public historically Black university graduates on the Board of Regents. Members also continued reviewing HB 1064, concerning recognition of the Classic Learning Test. Speakers disagreed about score comparisons, test safeguards and financial effects. The chair requested more information and took no action on that bill.
All right. Uh, good afternoon, uh, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. My name is Kenneth Dandy, and I am the chairman of the Georgia Alumni Association of Historically Black State Universities, or GAAHBSU, as we call it. And I am here today to express my strong support for House Bill 203, which provides that the Georgia Board of Regents include members...
This bill is not about division, as you've heard earlier, it's about inclusion. It's also about making sure that we plan, that when we plan, uh, the future of higher education in Georgia, every student and institution has a seat at the table. By supporting House Bill 203, we affirmed that excellence in Georgia's universities is diverse and that we are...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Higher Education Committee · February 18, 2026
House Higher Education Committee, February 18, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee held first hearings on two bills and took no votes. HB 1293 would make the Dual Achievement Program permanent, expand it statewide for ages 18 to 22, add a funding formula for support services, and phase out new enrollment of 16- and 17-year-olds. Members asked about disability accommodations, access to completion schools, and whether younger students would lose options. SB 400 would strengthen oversight of private postsecondary schools, restrict unaccredited degree offerings, and change protections for students when schools close. Members asked about accreditation, exemptions, financial guarantees, and appeals. The chair held both bills for another hearing and said the committee might meet again before the following Wednesday.
There we go. G- good afternoon, everyone. We'll go ahead and, uh, I'll call this meeting of the House Higher Education Committee, uh, to order. We're gonna have two, uh, items that will, uh, um, be sounded today and, and be heard for the first time. House Bill 1293 by Speaker Pro Tem Jan Jones, and Senate Bill 400 by our colleague from the Senate, uh, the...
And the formula will be devised not by us, but by, uh, the department. And so the, the major changes though, aside from that, and those are important, um, is that it will, it actually will end in probably, um, four years or so, the serving 16 and 17-year-olds. In working with... But what it, but the flip side of it is, is it'll expand 18 to 22-year-olds...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Higher Education Committee · March 6, 2026
House Higher Education Committee, March 6, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee approved five measures: HB 1413, covering needs-based scholarships, medical scholarships and lottery reserves; HR 450 and HB 686, concerning online sports betting and education funding; HB 693, expanding access to tuition equalization grants; and HB 206, concerning scholarship eligibility after certain drug convictions. Members questioned scholarship requirements, medical workforce needs and how sports betting revenue could be spent. All five received do-pass recommendations. The vote on HB 686 was tied at seven votes on each side before the chair voted in favor. The committee then adjourned.
Okay. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Mr. Chairman, please, uh, y- the, the floor is yours for H- uh, for HB 1413. Thank, thank you, uh, thanks, Chairman Barrett. Uh, ladies and gentlemen, I'm bringing back today 1413, um, for the Dream Scholarship. Um, there's been a couple of things done in there that, uh, I will, uh, get to. As, as you will recall...
We've tried to help with debt. So what this, uh, does in section two, uh, starting on line 143, is it creates, um, a scholarship opportunity, uh, for, uh, s- medical, um, p- facility or med- medical schools, uh, that teach in the university system to provide, um, a scholarships, uh, based on funding. That would, funding would come from lottery funds and...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Higher Education Committee · March 26, 2026
House Higher Education Committee, March 26, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The House Higher Education Committee considered SB 556, which would add advanced fine arts courses to the classes used to calculate HOPE Scholarship grade point averages. The chair explained a substitute that uses a general definition rather than naming specific course programs, allowing other qualifying programs to be included without another change in law. The committee approved the substitute by voice vote and sent the bill to the Rules Committee. No opposition was heard.
We'll try to do it at recess down there. So with that, we have, uh, one item before us, um, that we'd like to move forward and take action on for Senator Payne. Senator, if you'd come, come forward if you want to tell us about 5- 556. I think I've been referring to somebody, um, with 5... It, it was 566, but it's 556. Always has been. Um, Senator, this is,...
So we have accomplished our task, but we have kept it generic. And so we, if somebody else comes in and does that testing, we won't have to come back. Um, the other change is we of course changed advanced fine arts on line 25, it used to read fine arts, and we did that further, uh, down the bill in line 38. So that, that's the only changes you, we, we have...
Meeting transcript · Georgia House Higher Education Committee · March 18, 2026
House Higher Education Committee, March 18, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee discussed changes to SB 400 concerning contributions to the Tuition Guarantee Trust Fund, which the agency head described as protection for students when schools close unexpectedly. Members asked about contribution limits, the fund’s stability, school oversight and possible changes to federal student-loan relief. The committee approved the substitute by voice vote and sent it to the Rules Committee. The chair held over SB 566 while language changes were being worked out.
We had two items listed on the agenda. We will hear, uh, Senate Bill 400. We're, we're holding over Senate Bill 566. We're still working with the author on some, uh, uh, language changes to that. And in order to provide us the best opportunity, uh, to get those correct before we, uh, discuss the bill for, uh, a final time and take action, uh, we'll, we'll...
Sure ... as to the, the financial stability- Yeah ... that you monitor. Absolutely. So our agency, that is our, our goal. And we are one of all the other states have them as well, and they are all in different, um, uh, different agencies or independent agencies, whatever. So we do what other states do as well in this sector when we're dealing with private...
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