"Local Charter School Authorization and Support Act of 2025"; enact

Added new voting requirements requiring secret ballot approval from faculty, staff, parents, and school councils before local boards can approve conversion charter school petitions.

Changed implementation responsibility for incentive grants from the Office of Charter School Compliance to the Department of Education.

Revised the statutory citation from Title 20 generally to specifically Article 31 of Chapter 2 of Title 20, the "Charter School Act of 1998."

Added language clarifying that provisions do not apply to system charter schools petitioning to become conversion charter schools.

Added provisions for additional capital outlay entitlements for local school systems that approve new charter school petitions, including accrual of entitlements from previous years.

Added requirement for the Office of Student Achievement to develop and annually review and rate the availability of public school choice options provided to students by local school systems.

Added requirement to include the ratings of public school choice options in local school system report cards.

Changed the reference from amending Article 31 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 to amending Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated generally.

Updated the code section reference from 20-2-2064 to 20-2-260 relating to capital outlay funds generally.