Local Boards of Education; audit findings or findings by the state auditor of financial mismanagement or misconduct; provide for the suspension of members
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Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, rebating to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for the suspension of members of local boards of education following certain audit findings or findings by the state auditor of...” Read the full text
2025-2026 regular session
What it does
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, rebating to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for the suspension of members of local boards of education following certain audit findings or findings by the state auditor of financial mismanagement or misconduct; to provide for a cap on the total amount of advance distributions of state allotted funds that may be made by the State Board of Education to local units of administ
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Where it is
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Senate Hopper · Feb 6, 2026
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 9, 2026
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Feb 20, 2026
Senate Read Second Time · Feb 24, 2026
Senate Third Read · Feb 26, 2026
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Feb 26, 2026
House First Readers · Mar 3, 2026
House Second Readers · Mar 4, 2026
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Mar 25, 2026
House Third Readers · Mar 25, 2026
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 25, 2026
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub · Mar 27, 2026
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 10, 2026
Senate Date Signed by Governor · May 12, 2026
Act 722 · May 12, 2026
Effective Date · May 12, 2026
The numbers
8
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Hickman, BillyWalker, III, LarryTillery, BlakeHufstetler, ChuckSims, Freddie PowellSummers, CardenBurns, MaxWade, Will
Recorded votes
AGREE TO HOUSE SUBSTITUTESenate · 2026-03-27 · yea 29, nay 17, notVoting 5, excused 5
PASSAGEHouse · 2026-03-25 · yea 96, nay 58, notVoting 7, excused 19
PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTESenate · 2026-02-26 · yea 40, nay 8, notVoting 3, excused 5
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