Georgia House Bill 545 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on February 18 2021 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-03-31 - House Withdrawn, Recommitted
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 14 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to other educational programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to authorize home study students in grades six through 12 to participate in extracurricular and interscholastic activities in the student's resident public school system; to provide that home study students shall complete one qualifying online course in a core academic subject facilitated by the resident school system for each semester of the regular school year during any part of which the home study student participates in an extracurricular or interscholastic activity; to amend Code Section 20-2-690 of the O.C.G.A., relating to educational entities and requirements for private schools and home study programs, so as to provide parents and guardians authority to execute documents for verification purposes; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Equal Opportunity for Access in Education Act; enact

Rep. John Carson [R]	Rep. Todd Jones [R]	Rep. Rick Jasperse [R]	Rep. Timothy Barr [R]
Rep. Chris Erwin [R]	Rep. Matthew Gambill [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-31	House	House Withdrawn, Recommitted
2021-03-03	House	House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2021-02-23	House	House Second Readers
2021-02-22	House	House First Readers
2021-02-18	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59853
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/198109
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/199315