The new leader for education policy in the Georgia Senate is a Gwinnett County lawmaker with little background in K-12 policy but a keen interest in a condition thought to afflict one in five students.

Sen. P.K. Martin, R-Lawrenceville, previously served as vice chairman of the Senate’s Higher Education Committee. (In a bit of a swap, the former K-12 committee chairman, Sen. Lindsey Tippins, R-Marietta, who stepped down from leadership over a policy dispute last year, has now been made head of the Higher Education Committee.)