Senate committee advances bill to create statewide Title VI coordinators for K‑12 and higher education

A Georgia Senate committee voted to advance SB 523 (LC650073), legislation that would create two statewide Title VI coordinators—one for K‑12 schools and one for higher education—tasked with centralizing complaint intake, investigations, corrective‑action notices and annual reporting to state leaders.

The bill’s author, Senator Russ Goodman, told the committee the measure is intended to bring parity with Title IX structures, saying the coordinators would “establish and maintain a uniform complaint submission process, both electronic and written, receive, document, and investigate discrimination complaints, provide written notice to institutions requiring corrective action within 30 days, refer unresolved violations to the U.S. Department of Education and Department of Justice, [and] submit annual reports to state leadership by June 30.” Goodman added the coordinators would be designated by the Board of Regents in consultation with the Technical College System of Georgia and could be…