Bill Text: GA SB521 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Education; provide for enrollment counts for students in certain dual enrollment programs

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-04-27 - House Postponed [SB521 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2009-SB521-Amended.html

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ADOPTED
Senators Rogers of the 21st, Williams of the 19th, Moody of the 56th and Weber of the 40th offered the following amendment:

Amend SB 521 (LC 33 3705) by inserting after "Formula;" on line 5 the following:

to amend Code Section 20-2-2090 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to funding for commission charter schools, so as to authorize the Georgia Charter Schools Commission to reduce state funding to commission charter schools providing virtual instruction based on factors that affect the cost of providing such instruction;

By inserting between lines 64 and 65 the following:

SECTION 2A.

Code Section 20-2-2090 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to funding for commission charter schools, is amended by adding a new subsection to read as follows:

"(a.1) In making the funding determination required pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section for a commission charter school that plans to offer virtual instruction, the commission may reduce the total amount calculated pursuant to such subsection based on factors that affect the cost of providing instruction; provided, however, that any reduction made by the commission shall not exceed 35 percent of the total amount calculated pursuant to subsection (a)."