Georgia legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia HB1123: Quality Basic Education Act; require certain schools that offer after-school programs to make such programs available to pre-kindergarten students
Status: Signed into law, May 5, 2026
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 14 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to other educational programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to require certain schools that offer after-school programs to make such programs available to pre-kindergarten students on the same basis as the school's other students; to provide for limited waivers of such requirement; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend Part 14 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to other educational programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to require certain schools that offer after-school programs to make such programs available to pre-kindergarten students on the same basis as the school's other students; to provide for limited waivers of such requirement; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED To amend Part 14 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to other educational programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to require certain schools that offer after-school programs to make such programs available to pre-kindergarten students on the same basis as the school's other students; to provide for limited waivers of such requirement; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: SECTION 1. Part 14 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to other educational programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," is amended by revising Code Section 20-2-308, which is reserved, as follows: "20-2-308. (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'After-school program' means any program conducted after regular school hours. (2) 'Qualifying school' means a public school that: H. B. 1123 LC 49 2546 (A) Has students enrolled in any of the following programs identified in subsection (b) of Code Section 20-2-161: (i) Kindergarten program; (ii) Primary grades program; or (iii) Upper elementary grades program; and (B) Provides for and operates one or more pre-kindergarten programs as part of …