Education; students who are subject to compulsory attendance shall not be assigned to alternative education program for more than two semesters
Summary
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 provide that students who are subject to compulsory attendance shall not be assigned to an alternative education program for more than two semesters; to provide for students to remain in an alternative education program at their option; to remove the funding cap on alternative education programs; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2016
Committee Review
Feb 2016
Senate Passage
Feb 2016
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 3, 2016
Last action Mar 7, 2016
Floor votes · Senate Feb 29, 2016
How they voted
25–12
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 38
Feb 29, 2016
D
Democratic12
91% Nay
R
Republican26
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Feb 29, 2016
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
upper
Feb 23, 2016
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
upper
Feb 4, 2016
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
6 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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