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GA SB431
Bill
Status
2/6/2026
Primary Sponsor
Kay Kirkpatrick
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AI Summary
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Schools must enroll foster care students within two school days of an enrollment request from a parent or legal custodian, either permanently or provisionally
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Foster care students cannot be assigned to remote learning solely because the school has not received their critical records from previous schools
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Schools that fail to meet the two-day enrollment requirement must immediately provide the parent or legal custodian with contact information for the RESA student affairs officer and the Department of Education's chief privacy officer
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The Department of Education may require noncompliant schools to follow a corrective action plan based on recommendations from the chief privacy officer or RESA student affairs officer
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General provisional enrollment for non-foster students allows up to ten school days of conditional enrollment while awaiting records from schools attended in the previous 24 months
Legislative Description
Education; enrollment of foster care students within two school days of a request for enrollment by such student's parent or legal custodian; require
Last Action
House Second Readers
2/10/2026