Georgia House Bill 959 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: Vetoed on May 3 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-05-03 - Veto V11
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to update and clarify certain provisions relating to K-12 education; to revise a provision relating to conflicts of interest of local board of education members; to provide that students who earn certain grades in dual enrollment courses in core subjects are exempt from taking end-of-course assessments for such courses; to authorize the sharing of data for certain program evaluation purposes; to provide for an annual review of tuition for the Georgia Virtual School; to eliminate a restriction on the Office of Student Achievement's authority to establish a nonprofit corporation; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Education; K-12; update and clarify certain provisions

Rep. Beth Beskin [R]	Rep. Mike Dudgeon [R]	Rep. Brooks Coleman [R]	Rep. Randy Nix [R]
Rep. Valerie Clark [R]	Rep. Valencia Stovall [D]	Sen. Lindsey Tippins [R]

2016-03-24 - House - House Vote #853 (Y: 159 N: 1 NV: 11 Abs: 8) [PASS]
2016-03-22 - Senate - Senate Vote #665 (Y: 53 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-26 - House - House Vote #629 (Y: 157 N: 0 NV: 6 Abs: 17) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-05-03		Veto V11
2016-05-03	House	House Date Signed by Governor
2016-04-05	House	House Sent to Governor
2016-03-24	House	House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
2016-03-22	Senate	Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2016-03-22	Senate	Senate Third Read
2016-03-15	Senate	Senate Read Second Time
2016-03-15	Senate	Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2016-02-29	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2016-02-26	House	House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2016-02-26	House	House Third Readers
2016-02-17	House	House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2016-02-11	House	House Second Readers
2016-02-10	House	House First Readers
2016-02-09	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/48248
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20152016/156966
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20152016/157813
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20152016/158940
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20152016/160472
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20152016/162186
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/48248#14120
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/48248#14405
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/48248#14640