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SB431 Senate Bill
Passed
2026-02-06

Education; enrollment of foster care students within two school days of a request for enrollment by such student's parent or legal custodian; require

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-670 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disclosures and information required for permanent enrollment in a grade higher than third, provisional enrollment, and transfer of education records, so as to require the enrollment of foster care students within two school days of a request for enrollment by such student's parent or legal custodian; to provide for reporting noncompliance and for corrective action plans; to revise provisions relative to provisional enrollment; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Bill Details

State

Georgia

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Chamber

Senate

Official Source

www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72486

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Sponsors

Kay Kirkpatrick (Sen - R)
Bo Hatchett (Sen - R)
Chuck Payne (Sen - R)
Steve Gooch (Sen - R)
Elena Parent (Sen - D)
Beth Camp (Rep - R)

Action History

2026-04-02 S Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
2026-03-31 H House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2026-03-31 H House Third Readers
2026-03-25 H House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2026-02-10 H House Second Readers
2026-02-09 H House First Readers
2026-02-06 S Senate Passed/Adopted
2026-02-06 S Senate Third Read
2026-02-05 S Senate Read Second Time
2026-02-04 S Senate Committee Favorably Reported
2026-01-29 S Senate Read and Referred
2026-01-28 S Senate Hopper

Votes

2026-02-06 Passage: Senate Vote #525 Yea: 49 Nay: 0
2026-03-31 Passage: House Vote #825 Yea: 168 Nay: 0
2026-04-02 Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #944 Yea: 51 Nay: 0

Committee Referrals

2026-01-29 S Children and Families
2026-02-09 H Education

Bill Text Versions

2026-01-29 Introduced
2026-02-06 Engrossed
2026-03-24 Comm Sub

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