Bill Text: GA HB1292 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Student scholarship organizations; testing requirements for qualified schools and programs which enroll eligible students; provide
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-21 - House Second Readers [HB1292 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HB1292-Introduced.html
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House
Bill 1292
By:
Representatives Benfield of the
85th,
Oliver of the
83rd,
Ashe of the
56th,
Thomas of the
100th,
and Holcomb of the
82nd
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Chapter 2A of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to student scholarship organizations, so as to provide for testing requirements
for qualified schools and programs which enroll eligible students; to provide
for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Chapter
2A of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to student
scholarship organizations, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as
follows:
"20-2A-8.
(a)
Each qualified school or program shall administer all state-wide standardized
assessments to its students which are required to be administered by public
schools in this state pursuant to Code Section 20-2-281 and applicable rules and
regulations of the State Board of Education.
(b)
This Code section shall only apply to a qualified school or program which
enrolls one or more eligible students who are utilizing a scholarship or tuition
grant from a student scholarship organization pursuant to this chapter for
purposes of attending such qualified school or
program."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.