IDRA’s Georgia Policy Priority Recommendations for the 2024 session
- Ensure Fair Funding for All Students by fully funding the Quality Basic Education Formula (QBE), expanding the QBE formula to include additional funding for students living in poverty, and by opposing all efforts to divert public funding to private education institutions, especially through vouchers.
- End Harmful Discipline by commissioning a school discipline study committee, expanding pre-suspension and expulsion MTSS availability to all students, and prohibiting corporal punishment.
- Promote Culturally Sustaining Schools that Welcome and Serve all Students by ensuring that students receive a culturally-responsive and sustaining education that emphasizes the contributions and perspectives of historically marginalized communities.
Fliers: IDRA’s Georgia Policy Priority Recommendations for 2024 session. Meet our Georgia team.
Testimony
Advocacy Success: AP African American Studies Approved in Georgia! – As Predicted, “Divisive Concepts” Law Led to Censorship Attempt, August 7, 2024
Georgia Students Blocked from AP African American Studies, August 2024
My Siblings Deserve Better, Fully Funded Schools – IDRA Testimony Submitted by Jordan Madden to the Senate Education and Youth Committee, in support of SB 284/HB 668, March 20, 2024
Voucher Bill Harms Georgia’s Public School Students – Statement by IDRA and GYJC Opposing Senate Bill 233, March 20, 2024
Supporting Public Schools is the Best Way to Create Boundless Opportunities for Students – IDRA Testimony submitted to the House Education Subcommittee on Policy Subcommittee in opposition to House Bill 1221, February 20, 2024
Transgender Students Deserve Affirmation and Support Not Exclusion and Marginalization – IDRA Testimony against Senate Bill 438, submitted by Mikayla Arciaga, M.A.Ed., to the Georgia Senate Education and Youth Subcommittee, February 20, 2024
Removing Linguistic Barriers for Parents Will Improve Outcomes for Multilingual Learners – Testimony in Support of House Bill 127 (2023) Presented by Mikayla Arciaga, M.A.Ed., to the Georgia House Education Subcommittee on Curriculum, February 12, 2024
A Policy Agenda to Support Black Students, IDRA, February 2024
What is in Georgia’s Classroom Censorship Law
See What Does Georgia’s House Bill 1084 Do?, our one-pager with a breakdown of the law and its components
