SR 237 Georgia Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Professional Standards Commission; provide recommendations to support the state's K-12 education workforce and teacher and school leader pipeline; urge

Summary

A RESOLUTION urging the Professional Standards Commission, in collaboration with the Department of Education, the Department of Early Care and Learning, the Office of Student Achievement, the University System of Georgia, the Technical College System of Georgia, and the Georgia Student Finance Commission, to provide recommendations to support the state's K-12 education workforce and teacher and school leader pipeline; and for other purposes.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 20, 2025 Last action Apr 2, 2025

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What changed between versions

As introduced LC 49 2055 → Adopted Senate · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to add the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia and education associations as stakeholders in the teacher workforce recommendations, and extended the deadline for submitting recommendations from December 1, 2024 to December 1, 2025.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to include the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia and education associations as key partners in developing recommendations for the education workforce.

SCOPE

Added the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia as a required partner in the collaborative effort to strengthen the K-12 education workforce.

Added education associations as sources of input for the collaborative effort on education workforce recommendations.

TIMELINE

Extended the deadline for submitting recommendations to the Senate from December 1, 2024 to December 1, 2025.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 2, 2025

How they voted

52–0

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 55

Apr 2, 2025

D Democratic22

22 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican33

30 Yea 3

90% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute

upper

Mar 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute

upper

Feb 21, 2025

Committee

Senate Read and Referred

upper

Feb 20, 2025

Introduced

Senate Hopper

upper

5 primary · 0 co-sponsors