Senate Study Committee on Funding for Charter School Capital Improvements; create
This is a procedural resolution (not a funding bill) creating a Senate Study Committee to examine disparities in capital funding for Georgia's charter schools. The committee will study how charter schools access facility improvement funds compared to traditional public schools, reviewing current mechanisms like E-SPLOST and bond financing. It will gather input from school leaders and experts to assess challenges, with a report due by December 2025. The resolution itself does not allocate funds or change policy - it only establishes a committee to analyze the issue.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 3, 2025
Last action Mar 31, 2026
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What changed between versions
As introduced LC 60 0174
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Adopted Senate
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MINOR
The bill was adopted by the Senate with a minor technical update to the bill number and a substantive change to the committee's dissolution date. The committee responsible for overseeing charter school funding will now be abolished on December 1, 2026, instead of December 1, 2025, extending its operational timeline by one year.
Scope change
The scope of the bill's applicability remains unchanged; the only substantive policy shift is the extension of the timeline for the committee's existence.
TIMELINE
The date for the abolition of the charter school funding committee was extended from December 1, 2025, to December 1, 2026.
TECHNICAL
The bill number was updated from LC 60 0174 to LC 61 0513S (SCS) to reflect its adoption by the Senate.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 31, 2026
How they voted
42–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 47
Mar 31, 2026
D
Democratic18
77% Yea
R
Republican29
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Mar 31, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
upper
Mar 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
upper
Apr 4, 2025
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Apr 3, 2025
Introduced
Senate Hopper
upper
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Clint Dixon
RRepublican
P
Elena Parent
DDemocratic
P
Harold Jones
DDemocratic
P
RaShaun Kemp
DDemocratic
P
Sonya Halpern
DDemocratic
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