Secretary DeVos discussed the Administration’s continued focus on the importance of reopening schools, the Espinoza v. Montana Supreme Court decision, and Education Freedom Scholarships.

Reopening Schools Safely

• To watch the White House Roundtable Discussion Event on Safely Reopening America’s Schools, click HERE.

The video of an unarmed African-American being shot and killed in Brunswick, GA has prompted calls for Hate Crimes legislation to be enacted in Georgia. This includes the Speaker of the House, David Ralston, who told the AJC he wanted it passed out of the Senate with “no delay and no amendments.”… Read the rest

The State of Georgia provided the follow documents for overnight summer camps and guidance on opening the state for business.

May 12, 2020 – Providing additional guidance for reviving a healthy Georgia in response to COVID-19 – Click this link to download document: https://gov.georgia.gov/document/2020-executive-order/05122002/download… Read the rest

This scholarship is offered to a Christian young person who will be a new or returning college student this Fall.

Scholarship Details:
Name of award: Howell & Jane Teasley Scholarship
Application deadline: June 1
Type of Award: Scholarship
Award is school specific: No
Dollar amount awarded per individual per year: $1,000.00
Unlimited number of awards available: No
Award must be repaid: No
Award is renewable: No
Award is granted every year: Yes
Number of awards granted per year: 1

Scholarship Requirements:
Applicant must be a U.S.… Read the rest

View these non-partisan Resource Guides to find candidate contact information. Only primary races that are contested are shown. To find your voter information visit https://www.mvp.sos.ga.gov/MVP/mvp.do. [If your district number is not shown in the PDF documents below then you have an incumbent with no primary opposition.]… Read the rest

[Taken from this website: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/cdc-document-outlines-guidance-for-reopening-of-churches/ ]

CDC document can be found here: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/organizations/guidance-community-faith-organizations.html

The Story: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has compiled new “Interim Guidance for Communities of Faith” that outlines precautions churches may need to take when states lift their coronavirus restrictions.… Read the rest

Here is a recap of the call with the governor’s office.

The current Shelter-in-Place order goes through April 30. New guidelines will be issued between now and then.

The governor’s office is still stating that online services (livestream) are best.

The governor has never told churches they cannot have services, but is still discouraging meeting in-person for services.… Read the rest

The Georgia General Assembly suspended the 2020 session on March 13. Cory and I were working on several pieces of legislation, but most of the work of the legislature has ground to a halt, with no date for when they might re-convene.… Read the rest

This information is current as of 6:00 p.m. on April 2, 2020.

Here is some clarification and direction on Gov. Kemp’s Executive Order. To begin with, contrary to what the governor has said previously, Page 8 of this Executive Order overrides any directives issued by counties and cities.… Read the rest