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SB 0386 - Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Act; prior school year requirement; revise

Tracking Level: Hot
Sponsor: Renee Unterman
Last Action: 3/13/2020 - House Second Readers
Senate Committee: Education and Youth
House Committee: Education
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Staff Analysis of the Legislation

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SUMMARY:

LC 49 0125   LC 49 0205S

Relates to the Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Act. Expands eligibility to students with 504 plans, would include students who received preschool special education services under IDEA and would include students who have been adopted or placed into permanent guardianship from foster care. Would include students who have previously qualified for a scholarship.  Would remove the current requirement that the State Board of Education report the number of waivers given for medically fragile students. 

 

EFFECTIVE DATE:

July 1, 2020, if passed.  


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