Plain English Breakdown
The official status shows the bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, but no effective date is listed in the provided metadata.
HB436: Repealing Laws on Promise Scholarship Accounts
This bill removes the state laws that created and managed promise scholarship accounts.
What This Bill Does
- Repeals Chapter 2B of Title 20 in Georgia education law, which covers promise scholarship accounts.
- Removes Article 1 regarding the Georgia Education Savings Authority.
- Removes Article 2 known as the 'Georgia Promise Scholarship Act.'
- Cancels any other laws that conflict with this repeal.
Who It Names or Affects
- The Georgia Education Savings Authority
Terms To Know
- Repeal
- To officially cancel a law so it is no longer in effect.
- Promise Scholarship Accounts
- A program covered by Chapter 2B of the state education code that this bill removes.
Limits and Unknowns
- The official text does not specify when these changes will take effect.
- The source material does not explain what happens to existing scholarship accounts after the repeal.