Quality Basic Education Act; require certain schools that offer after-school programs to make such programs available to pre-kindergarten students
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Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 14 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to other educational programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to require certain schools that offer after-school programs to make such programs...” Read the full text
2025-2026 regular session
What it does
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 14 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to other educational programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to require certain schools that offer after-school programs to make such programs available to pre-kindergarten students on the same basis as the school's other students; to provide for limited waivers of such requirement; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to r
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Where it is
House Hopper · Feb 2, 2026
House First Readers · Feb 3, 2026
House Second Readers · Feb 4, 2026
House Committee Favorably Reported · Feb 20, 2026
House Third Readers · Feb 24, 2026
House Passed/Adopted · Feb 24, 2026
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 25, 2026
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 12, 2026
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 16, 2026
Senate Third Read · Mar 19, 2026
Senate Passed/Adopted · Mar 19, 2026
House Sent to Governor · Apr 6, 2026
House Date Signed by Governor · May 5, 2026
Act 393 · May 5, 2026
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2026
The numbers
7
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
PASSAGESenate · 2026-03-19 · yea 46, nay 0, notVoting 4, excused 6
PASSAGEHouse · 2026-02-24 · yea 162, nay 0, notVoting 11, excused 7
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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