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Education; the academic and disciplinary records of each transferring student shall be provided within five days; require

GA · session 2025_26 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Feb 13, 2025

Latest action (Jul 1, 2026) Effective Date

Summary

The bill requires schools to provide academic and disciplinary records of transferring students to the receiving school within five days. The bill also reduces the timeframe for parents or guardians to receive copies of their child's records. Additionally, the bill establishes requirements for evidence-based youth violence prevention training programs, student violence prevention clubs, and local policies enabling anonymous reporting of safety concerns.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill (from the OpenStates abstract — no full text available yet) — neutral, and may be imperfect.

Official abstract

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 require that the academic and disciplinary records of each transferring student shall be provided by such student's previous school to the receiving school within five days; to reduce the number of days by which a parent or guardian of a transferring student shall receive copies of such records;to provide for evidence based youth violence prevention training programs; to provide for student violence prevention clubs; to provide for local policies for anonymous reporting; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Sponsors (9)

Action history (17)
  1. Feb 13, 2025 Senate Hopper · upper
  2. Feb 18, 2025 Senate Read and Referred · upper
  3. Mar 3, 2025 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · upper
  4. Mar 4, 2025 Senate Read Second Time · upper
  5. Mar 6, 2025 Senate Third Read · upper
  6. Mar 6, 2025 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute · upper
  7. Mar 10, 2025 House First Readers · lower
  8. Mar 11, 2025 House Second Readers · lower
  9. Apr 2, 2025 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · lower
  10. Apr 4, 2025 House Third Readers · lower
  11. Apr 4, 2025 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute · lower
  12. Mar 9, 2026 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended · upper
  13. Mar 23, 2026 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub · lower
  14. Apr 10, 2026 Senate Sent to Governor · upper
  15. May 12, 2026 Senate Date Signed by Governor · upper
  16. May 12, 2026 Act 625 · upper
  17. Jul 1, 2026 Effective Date · legislature
Subjects
EDUCATIONMINORS

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