Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Act; revise prior school year requirement
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 33 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Act, so as to revise the prior school year requirement; to expand eligibility for students; to revise the basis for calculating scholarship amounts; to require annual parent surveys; to provide for a review procedure for scholarship calculations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Mar 2021
Senate Passage
Mar 2021
House Passage
Mar 2021
Signed into Law
May 2021
Introduced Jan 28, 2021
Signed May 6, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Mar 3, 2021
How they voted
27–12
Passed · 8 other
Total votes 47
Mar 3, 2021
D
Democratic18
66% Nay
R
Republican29
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
6
Committee
3
Amendments
1
May 6, 2021
Signed into law
Act 243
upper
May 6, 2021
Signed into law
Senate Date Signed by Governor
upper
Mar 29, 2021
Introduced
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
upper
Mar 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Mar 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Mar 3, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
upper
Feb 23, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
upper
Jan 29, 2021
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
16 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ben Watson
RRepublican
P
Billy Hickman
RRepublican
P
Brian Strickland
RRepublican
P
Bruce Thompson
RRepublican
P
Butch Miller
RRepublican
P
Greg Dolezal
RRepublican
P
Jason Anavitarte
RRepublican
P
Jeff Mullis
RRepublican
P
John Albers
RRepublican
P
John Kennedy
RRepublican
P
Larry Walker
RRepublican
P
Lee Anderson
RRepublican
P
Max Burns
RRepublican
P
Mike Dugan
RRepublican
P
Randy Robertson
RRepublican
P
Steve Gooch
RRepublican
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