Education; enrollment of foster care students within two school days of a request for enrollment by such student's parent or legal custodian; require
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Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-670 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disclosures and information required for permanent enrollment in a grade higher than third, provisional enrollment, and transfer of education records, so as to require the enrollment...” Read the full text
2025-2026 regular session
What it does
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-670 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disclosures and information required for permanent enrollment in a grade higher than third, provisional enrollment, and transfer of education records, so as to require the enrollment of foster care students within two school days of a request for enrollment by such student's parent or legal custodian; to provide for reporting noncompliance and for corrective action plans; to revise
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Where it is
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Senate Hopper · Jan 28, 2026
Senate Read and Referred · Jan 29, 2026
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Feb 4, 2026
Senate Read Second Time · Feb 5, 2026
Senate Third Read · Feb 6, 2026
Senate Passed/Adopted · Feb 6, 2026
House First Readers · Feb 9, 2026
House Second Readers · Feb 10, 2026
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Mar 25, 2026
House Third Readers · Mar 31, 2026
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 31, 2026
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub · Apr 2, 2026
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 10, 2026
Senate Date Signed by Governor · May 11, 2026
Act 494 · May 11, 2026
Effective Date · May 11, 2026
The numbers
6
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
AGREE TO HOUSE SUBSTITUTESenate · 2026-04-02 · yea 51, nay 0, notVoting 3, excused 2
PASSAGEHouse · 2026-03-31 · yea 168, nay 0, notVoting 6, excused 6
PASSAGESenate · 2026-02-06 · yea 49, nay 0, notVoting 2, excused 5
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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