Georgia legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia SB369: "Charter Schools Act of 1998"; completion charter schools; provide
Status: Signed into law, May 11, 2026
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 31 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Charter Schools Act of 1998," so as to provide for completion charter schools; to provide for rules, regulations, policies, and procedures; to provide for the conversion of existing charter schools to completion charter schools; to provide for measurable objective performance standards; to provide for separate principles and standards for completion charter schools; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to require the State Board of Education to adopt definitions, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures to govern the operation of nontraditional education programs…
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED To amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to require the State Board of Education to adopt definitions, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures to govern the operation of nontraditional education programs; to revise the "Dexter Mosely Act" to allow for virtual school students from qualifying virtual schools to participate in specified extracurricular and interscholastic activities under the sponsorship, direction, and control of the student's resident public school or resident public school system; to provide for requirements of such virtual school student participation; to provide for virtual school qualifications; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to require local boards of education and other public school governing bodies to consider the total cost of ownership and related factors when purchasing school technology devices; to provide for reports; to provide for locally authorized dropout recovery charter schools; to provide for the conversion of existing charter schools to dropout recovery charter schools; to provide for measurable objective performance standards; to provide for separate principles, standards, and reports for dropout recovery charter schools; to revise provisions for incentive grants for local boards of education to approve charter school petitions; to revise provisions for the Office of Charter School Compliance; to revise provisions relative …
Sponsors
- Jan Jones (R, 47) · primary sponsor
- Shawn Still (R, 48) · primary sponsor
- Jason Esteves (D, 35)
- RaShaun Kemp (D, 38)
- Matt Brass (R, 6)
Latest actions
- : Effective Date
- : Act 504
- : Senate Date Signed by Governor
- : Senate Sent to Governor
- : Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- : House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
- : House Third Readers
- : House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
- : House Second Readers
- : House First Readers
Votes
- Senate Vote #920 (March 31, 2026): 49 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Vote #784 (March 27, 2026): 151 yea, 6 nay, passed
- Senate Vote #551 (February 17, 2026): 47 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SB369?
- SB369 is a bill in the Georgia Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): "Charter Schools Act of 1998"; completion charter schools; provide.
- What does SB369 do?
- In its own words: To amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to require the State Board of Education to adopt definitions, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures to govern the operation of nontraditional education programs…
- What is the status of SB369?
- Signed into law as of May 11, 2026. Latest action: Effective Date (July 1, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB369?
- Jan Jones (R, 47), with 4 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB369?
- On the Georgia Legislature website: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/71940
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