Bill Commons

GA HB 437

died on adjournment

State Board of Education; establish rules and regulations for local school system outreach efforts regarding ESOL program; require

Georgia · 2025_26 · lower

Quick answers

Did GA HB 437 pass?

No. GA HB 437 died when the 2025-26 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-02-18): House Second Readers

What is GA HB 437 about?

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to educational programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to require the State Board of Education to establish rules and regulations for local school system outreach efforts regarding the English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) program; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Who sponsors GA HB 437?

Marvin Lim, Chas Cannon, Soo Hong and 3 others are the primary sponsors of GA HB 437.

Description

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to educational programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to require the State Board of Education to establish rules and regulations for local school system outreach efforts regarding the English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) program; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Introduced
2025-02-12
Latest action
2025-02-18 — House Second Readers
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Marvin Limprimary
  • Chas Cannonprimary
  • Soo Hongprimary
  • Phil Olaleyeprimary
  • Matt Reevesprimary
  • Karen Luptonprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-12

    House Hopper

    introduction

  2. 2025-02-13

    House First Readers

    reading-1

  3. 2025-02-18

    House Second Readers

    reading-2

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

Attribution

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