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GA HB 1257

died on adjournment

Education; incentive grants for local boards of education to approve charter school petitions; revise provisions

Georgia · 2025_26 · lower

Description

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to revise provisions for incentive grants for local boards of education to approve charter school petitions; to revise provisions for the Office of Charter School Compliance; to revise provisions relative to charter petitions by existing charter schools; to revise provisions relative to state charter school records; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Introduced
2026-02-09
Status date
—
Latest action
2026-03-06 — House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Carmen Riceprimary
  • Scott Hiltonprimary
  • Sandy Donatucciprimary
  • Bethany Ballardprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-02-09

    House Hopper

    introduction

  2. 2026-02-10

    House First Readers

    reading-1

  3. 2026-02-11

    House Second Readers

    reading-2

  4. 2026-03-06

    House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute

    committee-passage-favorable

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73027

Attribution

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