HB65: Building Resourceful Individuals to Develop Georgia's Economy Act; provide for a pilot program

Legislative Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 16 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Building Resourceful Individuals to Develop Georgia's Economy Act," so as to provide for a pilot program to provide grants for up to six local school systems to develop learning recovery programs for at-risk students to mitigate COVID-19 related lost instructional time and to prevent long-lasting effects on student achievement, future earnings of impacted students, and the state economy as a whole; to provide for selection criteria; to provide for temporary waivers and variances of state rules and statutory provisions; to provide for reports; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.