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House updates Georgia code to remove references to U.S. Department of Education if federal agency is eliminated
Summary
The House passed Senate Bill 154 to revise 25 code sections that reference the U.S. Department of Education, adding language to reference "its successor" and to take effect only if the federal agency is eliminated; vote was 144–15.
The Georgia House on Friday passed Senate Bill 154, a package of statutory updates that replaces explicit references to the U.S. Department of Education with language such as “or its successor” across multiple code sections.
The measure’s sponsor, Chairman Dubnick, told the chamber SB 154 “is a truly simple bill that amends 25 different code sections in our code by adding ‘or its successor’…just simply updates outdated language to bring FAFSA and to modernize our code.”
Why it matters: supporters said the change is precautionary, intended to avoid…
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