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House subcommittee advances bill to raise public-school indemnification payment to $150,000
Summary
The House Education Curriculum Subcommittee gave HB 105 a favorable recommendation to raise the public school personnel death benefit from $75,000 to $150,000 and sent the bill to full committee after supporters said existing indemnification funds can cover the increase without new appropriations.
Representative Wade presented House Bill 105 (LC481370EC), a proposal to increase the death benefit under the Georgia State Indemnification Fund for public school employees from $75,000 to $150,000.
Wade said the bill “recogniz[es] the sacrifice that some of our folks in public service” face and tied the measure to prior changes for public safety officers made under the 2017 Back the Badge Act, which raised that indemnification payment.…
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