HB 281 - Georgia Virtual School Opportunity and Enrichment Act; enact

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Committees

Current Status

03/24/10 - House Reconsidered

First Reader Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 14 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to other educational programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to enact the "Georgia Virtual School Opportunity and Enrichment Act"; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for a definition; to require a local school system to allow virtual students in grades six through 12 to participate in extracurricular activities; to provide for academic requirements; to provide for ineligibility; to provide that the virtual student is subject to all rules, regulations, and codes of conduct as would apply to other students; to provide for ineligibility; to prohibit certain memberships; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Votes

Electronically Recorded Votes
DateTimeVote NoYeasNaysNVExcDescription
03/22/20105:20PMHouse Vote #689088074009009PASS
03/24/201011:13AMHouse Vote #695109056008007RECON

Status History

Bill History
DateAction
02/04/2009House First Readers
02/05/2009House Second Readers
03/10/2009House Committee Favorably Reported
03/19/2009House Withdrawn, Recommitted
02/16/2010House Committee Favorably Reported
03/16/2010House Withdrawn, Recommitted
03/17/2010House Committee Favorably Reported
03/22/2010House Third Readers
03/22/2010House Third Reading Lost
03/22/2010House Notice To Reconsider
03/24/2010House Reconsidered

Footnotes

3/10/2009 Favorably Reported by Substitute from Education Committee
3/19/2009 Withdrawn from General Calendar and recommitted to Science & Technology
3/16/2010 Withdrawn from the General Calendar and recommitted to Science & Technology by the Rules Committee