Education
NSF funding will create new career pathway in STEM fields for local high school students
CLARKSTON, GA — On May 29, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced it has awarded Georgia Piedmont Technical College (GPTC) in Clarkston with a $347,888 grant for their “Strengthening High School Initiatives in Future Technology" project.
The House Committee on Appropriations announced it will be accepting Community Project Funding (CPF) requests from Members. This is in addition to the standard programmatic and language-based requests. Each Member is limited to no more than 15 Community Project Funding requests across all eligible subcommittees for Fiscal Year 2025 and there is no guarantee that all requested projects will be funded. The FY2025 CPF process has a limited scope with combined earmarks capped at 1% of all discretionary spending and eligible accounts restricted to those listed in the table below.
STONECREST, GA – On Saturday, April 27 Congressman Hank Johnson honored the achievements and talents of high school students in Georgia’s Fourth District during time set aside by his office called “A Day with Hank.”
The day’s events showcased young leaders and artists by recognizing them at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta for Georgia Service Academy Day in the morning, and later at his district office announcing the winners of his 2024 Congressional Art Competition.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Saturday, Congressman Hank Johnson’s (GA-04) more than $15 million in Community Project Funding that he secured for Georgia’s 4th District in the Fiscal Year 2024 spending bills was signed into law by President Joe Biden.
This funding, included in the first of the appropriations government funding packages, responds directly to some of the most pressing needs in Georgia’s Fourth District – which is currently comprised of parts of DeKalb County, Newton County, and all of Rockdale County.
Arabia Mountain High School students in blue jackets from left: Ariel Hibbert, Jasmine Stamper, and Aubrey Allen are joined by their families and Congressman Johnson to celebrate them winning the 2023 Congressional App Challenge for Georgia’s Fourth District.
Rep. Johnson Also Celebrates Black History Month By Recognizing Pioneering Figures in Technology, Black History Preservation
STONECREST, GA — On Wednesday, February 21, Congressman Hank Johnson announced the winners of his 2023 App Challenge competition at Arabia Mountain High School in South DeKalb.
DECATUR, GA – Telling twenty-four Fourth District students and their families that their service to our nation is needed more than ever, Congressman Johnson on Saturday, Feb. 10 announced the Georgia Fourth District nominees for the U.S. Military Academies – Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and Merchant Marines.
Back row from left: U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, EPA Administrator Michael Regan and Congressman Hank Johnson pose with students at Stone Mountain Middle School in front of an electric school bus. DeKalb was awarded $20 million to purchase 25 all-electric buses.
School District Slated For 25 Electric School Buses Under EPA’s Clean School Bus Grant Program
STONE MOUNTAIN — Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) – a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee – celebrated the announcement that DeKalb County Schools are being awarded $20 million to purchase 25 all-electric school buses under an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant program.
Commission’s Mission To Explore Conditions, Propose Solutions To Alleviate and Remedy Underlying Causes of Obstacles Facing Black Men & Boys
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) announced today that he has been appointed to the Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys (CSSBMB), which was created by law in August 2020. It resides within the United States Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR).
Congressman Helps Secure $81K Commercial Motor Vehicle Operator Safety Training Grant from DOT Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
On Saturday, August 19 at Legacy Park in Decatur, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) held his Ceremony of HOPE honoring the work of six local nonprofits, including Catholic Charities of Atlanta, Friends of Disabled Adults & Children (FODAC), the Women’s Resources Center to End Violence Against Women, the Rockdale Coalition for Children & Families, Newton Mentoring, Inc., and Newton County Historical Committee on Black Preservation.
Congressman Honors Service in Our Communities, Local Student With Congressional Award
DECATUR – On Saturday, August 19 at Legacy Park in Decatur, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) held his Ceremony of HOPE honoring the work of six local nonprofits.