"Quality Basic Education Act"; the date by which a child must attain a certain age to be eligible for enrollment in kindergarten or first grade; revise
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Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to educational programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to revise the date by which a child must attain a certain age to be eligible for enrollment...” Read the full text
2025-2026 regular session
What it does
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to educational programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to revise the date by which a child must attain a certain age to be eligible for enrollment in kindergarten or first grade; to provide for parents and guardians to elect for their children who have attained the age of four or five to be enrolled in a voluntary pre-kindergarten program provided
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Where it is
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Senate Hopper · Feb 25, 2026
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 26, 2026
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Mar 3, 2026
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 4, 2026
Senate Tabled · Mar 6, 2026
Senate Taken from Table · Mar 6, 2026
Senate Third Read · Mar 6, 2026
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 6, 2026
House First Readers · Mar 9, 2026
House Second Readers · Mar 10, 2026
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Mar 25, 2026
House Third Readers · Mar 27, 2026
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 27, 2026
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub · Mar 31, 2026
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 10, 2026
Senate Date Signed by Governor · May 12, 2026
Act 633 · May 12, 2026
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2026
The numbers
11
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Brass, MattHickman, BillyHatchett, BoAnavitarte, JasonMcNeel, StevenAlbers, JohnHodges, MikeRobertson, RandyDixon, ClintJackson, KimHilton, Scott
Recorded votes
AGREE TO HOUSE SUBSTITUTESenate · 2026-03-31 · yea 49, nay 0, notVoting 4, excused 3
PASSAGEHouse · 2026-03-27 · yea 156, nay 3, notVoting 8, excused 13
PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTESenate · 2026-03-06 · yea 54, nay 0, notVoting 1, excused 1
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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