Lt. Governor Burt Jones Joins Vice President JD Vance at This is the Turning Point Tour at UGA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, April 15, 2026

ATLANTA | Yesterday, Lt. Governor Burt Jones joined Vice President JD Vance and other leaders at the This is the Turning Point Tour at UGA event in Athens, Georgia. At the event, Lt. Governor Jones highlighted the final passage of his priority for the 2026 Legislative Session – the “True Patriotism and Universal Student Access (TPUSA) Act.” 

“It was an honor to join Vice President Vance and supporters of Turning Point USA in Athens,” said Lt. Governor Burt Jones. “The TPUSA Act is inspired by Charlie Kirk’s brave efforts to bring both the Word of God and the truth of conservative values to school campuses across America, through open discussion and debate in public forums. Georgia is leading the charge as the first state to pass TPUSA legislation ensuring that Georgia students’ First Amendment rights to organize, gather, and speak are protected, regardless of their religious, political, or social viewpoints or those of school administrators. I look forward to Governor Brian Kemp signing this legislation into law.”

Senate Bill 552, the “True Patriotism and Universal Student Access (TPUSA) Act,” ensures that:

    •    Public school students in Georgia must be permitted to engage in political activities and expression before, during, and after the school day in the same manner and to the same extent that students may engage in non-political activities and expression.

•    Public school students may organize partisan or non-partisan political activities and groups before, during, and after school to the same extent that students are permitted to organize other non-curricular student activities and groups during non-instructional time.

    •    Public schools that provide a limited open forum are barred from denying equal access or a fair opportunity, or discriminating against, students who wish to conduct a meeting within the forum on the basis of the group’s political, philosophical, ideological, or other content of the speech made at such meetings.

   •    Partisan and non-partisan political groups will be given the same access and opportunities to announce and advertise meetings and use school facilities as other groups and cannot be discriminated against on the basis of the political content of their expressions.

    •    Public school students are guaranteed the right to wear clothing, accessories, and jewelry that display political messages and symbols in the same manner and to the same extent that other types of clothing, accessories, and jewelry that display messages and symbols are permitted under the school dress code.

Please follow this link for the full language of Senate Bill 552: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73523