Georgia Department of Education
Jason Downey serves as the Immediate Past Chairman and current Board Member of the State Board of Education for Georgia and has held multiple leadership positions within the Board, including Chairman and Vice Chairman. Appointed by Governor Brian Kemp, Downey represents Georgia’s 8th Congressional District and became Chairman in 2022. In addition to roles at the Georgia Department of Education, Downey is a Trial Attorney at Kenneth S. Nugent, P.C. and serves on the Board of Visitors for Mercer University's Tift College of Education. Downey has a background in personal injury law as the owner of The Downey Law Firm, and experience in mediation through South Georgia ADR Service. Education credentials include a J.D. from Mercer University and a Bachelor of Arts from Marshall University.
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Georgia Department of Education
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The Georgia Department of Education sets policy for all public schools in the state and implements new laws passed by the Georgia General Assembly. The Department trains teachers and principals, oversees federal education programs, tracks how schools are performing and manages the state’s K-12 budget. The Department also works directly with districts in an advisory capacity on school safety, charter schools and homeless students, among other areas. There are nearly 200 school systems in Georgia, employing 110,000 teachers. Those systems include Department of Juvenile Justice programs, state chartered schools and state schools for the blind and deaf. In the 2012-13 school year, there were 1.7 million public school students in Georgia attending 2,275 schools. We are making education work for all Georgians!