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Senate passes Georgia Early Literacy Act after floor changes to emphasize coaching and classroom time
Summary
After extended debate and floor amendments, the Georgia Senate passed House Bill 11-93, the Georgia Early Literacy Act of 2026, to expand school-based literacy coaches, require high-quality materials aligned to the science of reading, and create a state literacy director position.
The Georgia Senate on March 31 passed House Bill 11-93, the Georgia Early Literacy Act of 2026, after adopting a committee substitute and a floor amendment that emphasizes placing literacy coaches in classrooms and trimming administrative layers.
The bill’s floor presenter, the senator from the nineteenth (the Senate Appropriations Committee substitute sponsor), said the Senate version focuses funding and implementation on school-based literacy coaches rather than creating long-standing new councils. “We put coaches at the very front of this bill,” the senator said, urging colleagues to prioritize in-class coaching time and to “spend no less than 70% of the school day in the classroom.”
Why it matters: Sponsors said the provisions are intended to raise early reading…
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