Governor Nathan Deal signs House Bill 62 into law during the Atlanta Press Club lunch Wednesday, April 29, in font of Brenau occupational therapy alumnae Rachel Strazynski, Shelby Wrenn and Allison Guisasola. HB 62, which helps special needs children of military personnel by lifting a one-year residency requirement before students can receive benefits, started as a class project the Brenau students worked on and pitched to Representative Kevin Tanner as they earned their graduate degrees.

Gov. Nathan Deal Signs Brenau OT Bill

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signs into law a bill to expand state special education benefits for military dependents during the Atlanta Press Club lunch Wednesday, April 29. Deal had with him for the media event three 2014 Brenau occupational therapy alumnae, Rachel Strazynski Sushner, of Baltimore, Maryland, Shelby Wrenn, of Clarkesville, Georgia, and Allison Guisasola, of Braselton, Georgia. They and classmate Ashley McCoy, of Maysville, Georgia, had suggested the change in the law to begin with – as part of a project for an interdisciplinary public health care policy class in the College of Business & Mass Communication.

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  1. Mishkat says:

    I am very glad to see the photo gallery of that day and hearing that Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signs into law a bill to expand state special education benefits for military dependents. I am really happy for this news

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