Georgia House Bill 821 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 30 2012 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-02-24 - House Committee Favorably Reported
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to school attendance in elementary and secondary education, so as to revise certain provisions relating to mandatory attendance; to require new residents in a local school system to enroll a child within 15 days; to provide for reporting violations of mandatory attendance requirements; to provide that a local school system official who fails to make certain reports is guilty of a misdemeanor; to provide that a person who fails to enroll a child is guilty of a misdemeanor; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Elementary and secondary education; mandatory attendance; revise certain provisions

Rep. Kathy Ashe [D]	Rep. Carolyn Hugley [D]	Rep. Margaret Kaiser [D]	Rep. Rahn Mayo [D]
Rep. Billy Mitchell [D]	Rep. Mary Oliver [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-02-24		House Committee Favorably Reported
2012-01-31		House Second Readers
2012-01-30		House First Readers

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/35389
Text	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/versions/hb821_LC_33_4480_a_2.htm
Text	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/versions/hb821_LC_33_4661S_hs_4.htm