What Do Teachers Want From Georgia Lawmakers This Year?

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January 11th, 2019

Politicians often court teachers’ votes and tend to pay attention to issues that affect them. The Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE) represents 95,000 educators in the state and will play an active role in this year’s legislative session.

Kaitlin Kolarik

Kaitlin Kolarik / WABE

Once Georgia’s 2019 legislative session starts Monday, various groups will lobby lawmakers to pass their bills. Teachers’ groups will be among them.

To find out their legislative agenda, we sat down with Margaret Ciccarelli, an attorney and director of legislative services for the Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE).

She outlined four legislative priorities for the group this year: school safety and security, recruiting and retaining strong teachers (and ensuring their retirement), a school funding study (and updating the state funding formula based on the results), and testing and accountability.

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