ATLANTA (February 5, 2025) — This week, Sen. RaShaun Kemp (D–South Fulton) introduced legislation that would ban schools from using the three-cueing system in educational materials for teaching reading. The three-cueing method relies on meaning, structure and syntax, and visual cues to help students identify words. Senate Bill 93, which has bipartisan support, would also establish rules for curricula in state-approved educator preparation programs.
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ATLANTA (February 4, 2025) — On Wednesday, February 5, at 2:00 p.m., Senate Minority Leader Harold Jones II (D–Augusta) and Sen. Sally Harrell (D–Atlanta) will hold a press conference on Senate Resolution 84. SR 84 proposes a constitutional amendment that would aim to protect access to abortion. It also aims to protect both those who seek an abortion and those who assist a pregnant individual in accessing an abortion from prosecution.
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ATLANTA (January 30, 2025) — On Monday, February 3, Senate Minority Caucus Whip Kim Jackson (D–Stone Mountain) will hold a press conference to discuss Senate Bill 41. SB 41 would ensure that no student is excluded from participating in, treated differently from another student, or discriminated against in any interscholastic or intramural athletics offered by a local school system based on gender.
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ATLANTA (January 29, 2025) — On February 9, Sen. Emanuel Jones (D–Decatur) will be awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Public Administration from Coventry House University – Asia Pacific. The 10th Commencement Exercises and Doctoral Conferment Award ceremony will be held at the Manila Hotel in Manila, Philippines.
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ATLANTA (January 29, 2025) — Sen. Greg Dolezal (R–Cumming) has been reappointed by Majority Whip Sen. Randy Robertson (R–Cataula) to serve as Chief Deputy Whip for the 2025-2026 Biennium.
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