GA SB445

Reduces the public school enrollment requirement for Promise Scholarship eligibility from two consecutive enrollment counts to one enrollment count, and extends the kindergarten exception to include first grade students who have not reached age seven by September 1.

Requires private schools seeking accreditation to provide annual written verification of progress, and limits non-accredited private schools to two years of enrolling participating students before they must achieve full accreditation.

Establishes priority enrollment for bullying victims (documented by school administrators or licensed medical/mental health professionals) and creates a quarterly determination process for admitting students whose family income exceeds 400% of the federal poverty level when excess funds are available.

Removes the State Board of Education's authority to authorize qualified education expenses, transferring that authority solely to the education savings authority, and requires the authority to conduct annual fraud detection audits of at least 5% of accounts.

Excludes state charter schools, local charter schools, completion special schools, state-operated special schools, Department of Juvenile Justice schools, exclusively virtual schools, and schools with statewide attendance zones from the lowest-performing 25% public school list used for program eligibility.