Bill No. SB173

Summary
Status
Sponsors
Texts
Votes
Amendments
Supplements
History
Summary

Bill ID

1215407

State

GA

Title

Georgia Educational Scholarship Act

Description

Almost identical to HB 301 except for the beginning of 20-2B-5. The House Bill states: "(a) the account funds granted to a participating student pursuant to this chapter shall be: (1) For students with an Individualized Education Program (IEP) written in accordance with federal and state laws and regulations, an amount equivalent to the costs of the educational program that would have been provided for the student in the resident school system, including appropriate weights, as calculated under Code Section 20-2-161. This shall not include any federal funds; and (2) For all students other than those students provided for in paragraph (1) of this subsection, an amount equal to 100 percent of the system-wide average per student amount of state funds for the student's resident school system." This bill omits the language from (1) For students . . .regulations" and subsection (2).

Bill Type

Bill

Category

Specific Student Population, Students with Disabilities, Program Expansion, Tax Credit Vouchers

Session

2019-2020 Regular Session

Special Session

No Data Available

Status

Current Status

Introduced

Status Last Updated

2019-02-22

Pending Committee

Calendar

Hearing
2019-02-28
08:00
307 CLOB
Senate Finance- Tax Expenditures Subcommittee
Hearing
2019-02-28
08:00
MEZZ 1
Senate Finance- Tax Expenditures Subcommittee
Hearing
2019-02-28
14:00
MEZZ 1
Senate Finance

Sponsors

Sponsors

R
Sen
Greg Dolezal
SD-027
1
0
R
Sen
Brian Strickland
SD-017
2
0
R
Sen
John Albers
SD-056
3
0
R
Sen
Burt Jones
SD-025
4
0
R
Sen
Chuck Hufstetler
SD-052
5
0
R
Sen
Jesse Stone
SD-023
6
0

Texts

Texts

2019-02-22
Introduced
application/pdf
https://legiscan.com/GA/text/SB173/id/1925856
2019-02-28
Comm Sub
application/pdf
https://legiscan.com/GA/text/SB173/id/1940800

Votes

Votes

2019-03-05
25
28
3
56
0
S
2019-03-05
30
23
1
56
1
S
2019-03-05
31
19
2
56
1
S

Amendments

Amendments

No data available

Supplements

Supplements

No data available

History

Progress

2019-02-22
Introduced
2019-02-25
Refer
2019-03-01
Report Pass

History

2019-02-22
Senate Hopper
S
2019-02-25
Senate Read and Referred
S
2019-03-01
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
S
2019-03-04
Senate Read Second Time
S
2019-03-05
Senate Engrossed
S
2019-03-05
Senate Third Read
S
2019-03-05
Senate Lost
S
2019-03-05
Senate Notice to Reconsider
S

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