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GA SB405

Bill

Status

Engrossed

2/6/2024

Primary Sponsor

Clint Dixon

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Origin

Senate

2023-2024 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Lowers the minimum age of eligibility for enrollment in a completion special school from 18 to 16 years old for individuals who meet the definition of a dropout and are not currently enrolled in a public school
  • Revises the definition of "dropout" under the Completion Special Schools Act to specify an individual 16 years of age or older who previously dropped out of school
  • Requires the State Board of Education, in consultation with the Office of Student Achievement, to adopt policies for reporting cohort graduation rates by local school system and by completion special school
  • Students enrolled in a completion special school during their four-year cohort period are counted with their local school system for graduation rate purposes; those outside the four-year cohort period are counted with the completion special school
  • Requires the Department of Education to publish the cohort graduation rate report on its website and deliver it to the State Board of Education and Office of Student Achievement by December 1 each year

Legislative Description

"Completion Special Schools Act"; certain students to be enrolled in a completion special school; lower the age of eligibility

Last Action

House Second Readers

2/8/2024

Committee Referrals

Education2/7/2024
Education and Youth1/26/2024

Full Bill Text

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