Georgia Senate Bill 87 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on February 15 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-03-07 - Senate Tabled
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 33 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the scholarship program for special needs students, so as to expand eligibility for the program; to rename the article the "Georgia Educational Freedom Act"; to revise definitions; to revise requirements relating to qualifications for the scholarship; to provide for related matters; to provide for severability; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Education; rename to Georgia Educational Freedom Act; expand eligibility for the program; revise requirements relating to qualifications for scholarship

Sen. John Albers [R]	Sen. William Ligon [R]	Sen. Joshua McKoon [R]	Sen. Chip Rogers [R]
Sen. Jesse Stone [R]	Sen. Tommie Williams [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-07		Senate Tabled
2012-03-07		Senate Third Read
2012-01-30		Senate Committee Favorably Reported
2012-01-09		Senate Recommitted
2012-01-09		Senate Taken from Table
2011-03-16		Senate Tabled
2011-03-16		Senate Third Read
2011-03-14		Senate Read Second Time
2011-03-11		Senate Committee Favorably Reported
2011-02-15		Senate Read and Referred

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/32741
Text	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/versions/sb87_As_introduced_LC_33_3942_2.htm
Text	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/versions/sb87_Committee_sub_LC_33_4166S_4.htm
Text	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/versions/sb87_Floor_amend_1_AM_33_1062_5.htm
Text	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/versions/sb87_Committee_sub_LC_33_4490S_7.htm
Text	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/versions/sb87_Floor_amend_1_AM_33_1191_8.htm