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HB550 • 2025

Education; promise scholarship accounts; require participating schools to prepare school safety plans that meet certain requirements

Education; promise scholarship accounts; require participating schools to prepare school safety plans that meet certain requirements

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Sponsor
Bell, Eric
Last action
2025-02-24
Official status
House Second Readers
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary mentions that the amendment also relates to 'responsibilities of education savings authority,' but it is unclear if this creates new duties for them or simply references existing ones.

HB550: School Safety Plans for Promise Scholarship Schools

This bill requires schools participating in the Georgia Promise scholarship program to create school safety plans that meet certain state requirements.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires participating schools to prepare school safety plans that meet certain requirements.
  • Amends Code Section 20-2B-23 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated regarding these requirements and other related matters.
  • Repeals any existing laws that conflict with this new requirement.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Schools participating in Promise scholarship accounts

Limits and Unknowns

  • The official text does not list the specific details of what the safety plans must include.
  • The effective date for when these rules start is not provided in the source material.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-24 Georgia General Assembly

    House Second Readers

Official Summary Text

Education; promise scholarship accounts; require participating schools to prepare school safety plans that meet certain requirements