ATLANTA (March 6, 2024) — Tomorrow, March 7, Chairman of the Senate Committee of Higher Education Sen. Billy Hickman (R–Statesboro) will be holding a press conference alongside Chairman of the Senate Committee on Education and Youth Sen. Clint Dixon (R–Gwinnett), Rep. Bethany Ballard (R–Warner Robbins) and Chairman of the Georgia Council on Literacy Scott Johnson, to discuss Senate Bill 464, the “School Supplies for Teachers Act.”
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ATLANTA (May 25, 2023) | Yesterday, Senator Billy Hickman (R – Statesboro), was appointed by Lt. Governor Burt Jones to serve as a member on the 2023 Senate Study Committee on Expanding Georgia’s Workforce.
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ATLANTA (May 17, 2023) | Yesterday, Lt. Governor Burt Jones appointed Chairman of the Senate Committee on Higher Education, Senator Billy Hickman (R – Statesboro) to serve on the Georgia Council on Literacy. This entity was created by Senate Bill 211, sponsored by Sen. Hickman, during the 2023 Georgia Legislative Session. The Council will comprise of ten members of the Georgia Legislature and twenty citizen members who are experts in literacy and education.
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ATLANTA (April 14, 2023) | Yesterday, Governor Brian Kemp signed Senate Bill 211 into law. Sponsored by Senator Billy Hickman (R – Statesboro), this measure establishes the Georgia Council on Literacy.
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ATLANTA (March 28, 2023) | Yesterday, the Georgia General Assembly passed Senate Bill 211 to establish the “Georgia Council on Literacy” and House Bill 538, the “Georgia Early Literacy Act.” The measures, sponsored by Senator Billy Hickman (R – Statesboro) and Representative Bethany Ballard (R – Warner Robins) respectively, would jointly provide for the establishment and implementation of evidence-based literacy instruction methods and curriculum for students to be overseen by the Georgia Council on Literacy.
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