Georgia House Bill 1226

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on February 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-13 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 2 of Part 1 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to compulsory attendance, so as to provide for public school students to be permitted to attend courses in religious moral instruction provided by a person or organization independently of a public school, subject to certain conditions; to provide for such conditions; to provide for students to receive academic credit for such courses; to require local education agencies to adopt certain policies; to prohibit students who participate in such courses from being counted as absent from school; to provide for a definition; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Georgia Released Time Education Act; enact

Rep. Scott Hilton [R]	Rep. Rick Townsend [R]	Rep. Danny Mathis [R]	Rep. Todd Jones [R]
Rep. Jordan Ridley [R]	Rep. Matthew Gambill [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-13	House	House Second Readers
2024-02-12	House	House First Readers
2024-02-09	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/66898
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/223598