Education; certain provisions relative to charter schools; revise
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to revise certain provisions relative to charter schools; to provide that state charter schools may receive services from regional educational service agencies; to revise provisions relating to a code of principles and standards for charter school authorizers; to revise funding for state chartered special schools and state charter schools; to provide for initial funding for charter schools with projected student growth exceeding 2 percent; to provide for initial funding for training and experience; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Mar 2018
House Passage
Feb 2018
Senate Passage
Mar 2018
Signed into Law
May 2018
Introduced Jan 30, 2018
Signed May 7, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
6
Committee
3
Amendments
2
May 7, 2018
Signed into law
Act 425
upper
May 7, 2018
Signed into law
House Date Signed by Governor
lower
Mar 29, 2018
Introduced
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
upper
Mar 29, 2018
Introduced
House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
lower
Mar 27, 2018
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
upper
Mar 23, 2018
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
upper
Feb 23, 2018
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Feb 22, 2018
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Feb 15, 2018
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jan Jones
RRepublican
P
Randy Nix
RRepublican
P
Robert Dickey
RRepublican
P
Scott Hilton
RRepublican
P
Valencia Stovall
DDemocratic
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