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Jan has developed a record of results that demonstrate a proven commitment to our North Fulton community and all Georgians with a particular focus on children and quality of life issues. As a mother of four, she focuses on creating state policies that improve the lives of her constituents and provide a compassionate safety net to our vulnerable and aged Georgians. 


This legislative 2022 session, Jan has worked on education issues important to parents, including a Parents Bill of Rights (HB 1176); prohibiting divisive issues from being taught through a political lens (HB 1084), and protecting K-12 students from being exposed to age-inappropriate materials (HB 1217). She supports awarding our educators the largest regular salary increase ever, $5,000 yearly.


In addition, Jan continues her work on the House Election Integrity Committee to further strengthen our election laws, so it is easier to vote and harder to cheat.

Jan serves on the House Reapportionment Committee and had a hand in re-drawing fair, legal state House and Senate and Congressional districts to reflect 2020 census figures. She is excited that the newly configured House District 47, which she represents, will add a portion of the Freehome area in Cherokee County to the District in 2023.


In 2021, Jan helped lead House Republicans in passing legislation to extend Medicaid to new mothers six months after giving birth, provide parental leave for state employees, and reduce sex trafficking in our state. This year, the Georgia legislature also passed historic hate crimes legislation to provide for enhanced sentencing after conviction of the underlying crime, as well as safe harbor legislation due to the unanticipated COVID-19 pandemic to ensure Georgia's businesses can safely reopen and not fear unwarranted lawsuits. 


In 2018, after seeing property values sharply increasing for years, Jan authored and successfully passed legislation to give North Fulton homeowners the opportunity to cap their future property taxes as long as they own their home. Milton, Alpharetta, Roswell, and Mountain Park voters overwhelmingly supported this homestead referendum by a margin of 79-21.


Jan’s commitment to Georgia’s college students motivated her to author legislation that adds extra weight to a student’s HOPE/Zell Miller scholarship GPA for STEM courses. Beginning in 2017, these courses now provide a 1/2 extra point to these students’ GPAs, giving students greater flexibility in their courses and an opportunity to reach higher into more rigorous disciplines and rewarding them for it. This structure is similar to how schools weight for AP and dual enrollment courses. 


A distinguished advocate for expanding educational opportunities to all of Georgia’s children, Jan authored legislation to establish the State Charter Schools Commission by constitutional amendment, which Georgia voters approved in 2012.


Earlier, she led the passage of the landmark Move on When Ready Act that established Georgia’s dual enrollment program. This allows qualified 11th and 12th grade public school students to leave high school and complete graduation requirements while receiving college credit at a Georgia college or technical school. State education funding follows the student to pay for the college tuition. 


Three years after being elected, Jan initiated and wrote the charter to create the City of Milton, giving 30,000 North Fulton residents greater control and decision-making over their community and elected officials.

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