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GA HB1215

Bill

Official Source

Status

Passed

5/2/2022

Primary Sponsor

Brad Thomas

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Origin

House of Representatives

2021-2022 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Students may withdraw without penalty from a local school in their school system at any time and enroll in a charter school that has available classroom space
  • Local boards of education must adopt a universal, streamlined transfer process to facilitate student transfers from local schools to charter schools
  • Local revenue allocated to charter schools must be adjusted at least semiannually based on actual collected local revenues, and local boards must publish updated allocation calculations on their websites with the same frequency
  • Local boards must provide charter schools 30 days' notice before adjusting funding allocations and must publish amended itemized allotment sheets prominently on their websites
  • Repeals annual reporting requirements for the Department of Audits and Accounts regarding state chartered special schools and state charter schools that offer virtual instruction (Code Sections 20-2-2076 and 20-2-2093)

Legislative Description

Education; provision that reduced the amount of certain funding to state charter schools that offer virtual instruction; remove

Last Action

Effective Date 2022-07-01

5/2/2022

Committee Referrals

Education and Youth2/28/2022
Education2/7/2022

Full Bill Text

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