Bill Sponsor
Georgia Senate Bill 179
Session 2025_26
Education; the academic and disciplinary records of each transferring student shall be provided within five days; require
Active
Active
Passed House on Apr 4, 2025
First Action
Feb 13, 2025
Latest Action
Apr 4, 2025
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
179
State
Georgia
Session
2025_26
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Primary
Republican
Primary
Republican
Primary
Republican
Primary
Republican
Primary
Republican
Primary
Democrat
Primary
Republican
Primary
Republican
Primary
Summary
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.
Actions (11)
04/04/2025
House
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
04/04/2025
House
House Third Readers
04/02/2025
House
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
03/11/2025
House
House Second Readers
03/10/2025
House
House First Readers
03/06/2025
Senate
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
03/06/2025
Senate
Senate Third Read
03/04/2025
Senate
Senate Read Second Time
03/03/2025
Senate
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
02/18/2025
Senate
Senate Read and Referred
02/13/2025
Senate
Senate Hopper