Plain English Breakdown
The official summary confirms the bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, but no effective date is provided.
Student Success Support Act
This bill creates a state grant program to provide extra help in reading and math for students attending the lowest-performing public schools.
What This Bill Does
- Amends Code Section 20-2-154 of Georgia law regarding remedial education under the Quality Basic Education Act.
- Requires the State Board of Education to establish a new grant program.
- Funds supplemental services for literacy and math instruction.
- Targets students in kindergarten through grade 12 who attend one of the lowest performing five percent of public schools in the state.
Who It Names or Affects
- The State Board of Education, which must create the grant program.
- Students from kindergarten to grade 12 attending public schools ranked in the lowest five percent by performance.
- Public school districts operating these low-performing schools.
Terms To Know
- Remedial education
- Extra teaching designed to help students improve skills they have not yet mastered, such as reading or math.
- Quality Basic Education Act
- The existing Georgia law that sets standards and funding for public school instruction.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill text does not specify the total amount of money available for these grants.
- It does not explain exactly how schools will be ranked to determine which ones are in the lowest five percent.
- No effective date is listed, so it is unknown when this law would start.