2025-2026 Regular SessionGeorgia Legislature

HB917: Education; open enrollment processes for students to transfer between local school systems and between schools within local school systems; provide

Legislative Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide generally for open enrollment processes for students to transfer between local school systems and between schools within local school systems; to provide for rules, regulations, and policies; to prohibit discrimination; to prohibit charging tuition for transfers between local school systems, subject to an exception; to provide for appeals of denials of transfer requests; to provide for the submission and publication of reports; to revise the calculations for equalization grants; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Bill History

4/2/2025
House Hopper
House of Representatives
4/4/2025
House First Readers
House of Representatives

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(4/2/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Committee
Education(House of Representatives)

Sponsors

Republican: 2

Primary Sponsor

Todd Jones
Todd Jones
Republican

Co-Sponsors (1)

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text4/3/2025103.4 KB