--- title: SB 609. DeKalb County; County Board of Education; changes in boundaries of school district; revise provisions collection: bills id: 2025-2026/sb609 cite_as: SB 609, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sb609 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sb609.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sb609/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73732 date: 2026-05-12 status: passed corpus_version: bills-2026-09-13 license: Public record of the Georgia General Assembly, via LegiScan; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sb608.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sb610.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 891 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sb609.md?full=1 bill_number: SB 609 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: Senate bill_type: bill status_date: 2026-05-12 last_action: Effective Date 2026-05-12 sponsors: - Kim Jackson - Sally Harrell - Randal Mangham - Elena Parent - Karla Drenner text_version: Enrolled has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/SB609/2025 upstream_id: 2125960 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - school district boundaries - DeKalb County schools - Atlanta Public Schools - local legislation --- # SB 609. DeKalb County; County Board of Education; changes in boundaries of school district; revise provisions ## Text Senate Bill 609 By: Senators Jackson of the 41st, Harrell of the 40th, Mangham of the 55th and Parent of the 44th AS PASSED A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend an Act to create and establish in DeKalb County, Georgia, districts from which the members of the County Board of Education of DeKalb County shall be elected, approved April 12, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 3424), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 14, 1984 (Ga. L. 1984, p. 4192), an Act approved May 10, 2021 (Ga. L. 2021, p. 4256), and an Act approved May 13, 2025 (Ga. L. 2025, p. 4069), so as to revise provisions related to changes in boundaries of the DeKalb County school district following certain annexations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: SECTION 1. An Act to create and establish in DeKalb County, Georgia, districts from which the members of the County Board of Education of DeKalb County shall be elected, approved April 12, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 3424), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 14, 1984 (Ga. L. 1984, p. 4192), an Act approved May 10, 2021 (Ga. L. 2021, p. 4256), and an Act approved May 13, 2025 (Ga. L. 2025, p. 4069), is amended by adding a new subsection to Section 3.2 to read as follows: "(h) Pursuant to subsection (g) of this section, the provisions of this section shall not apply to the residential property identified on the effective date of this Act as 1195 University Drive, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30306. Such property shall be removed from the boundaries of the DeKalb County school district and placed within the boundaries of the Atlanta Independent School System." SECTION 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed. ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the text above and is not part of the bill. Quote the text, not the summary. A Senate bill would move one specific DeKalb County residential property out of the DeKalb County school district and into the Atlanta Independent School System, following changes made by earlier local annexation laws. ### Plain-language summary This bill amends a long-standing 1963 Georgia law that set up the districts for electing members of the DeKalb County Board of Education, a law that has already been amended several times, most recently in 2025. The change here is narrow: it adds a new subsection to Section 3.2 of that law dealing with how school district boundaries shift after certain annexations. The new subsection singles out one property, identified as 1195 University Drive NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30306, and says the general boundary rules in that section do not apply to it. Instead, that property is removed from the DeKalb County school district and placed into the Atlanta Independent School System. The bill also repeals any conflicting laws, which is standard language ensuring this new provision takes precedence over older, inconsistent provisions. ### What it does - Adds a new subsection (h) to Section 3.2 of the 1963 DeKalb County school board districting law, as amended over the years. - Exempts one named property, 1195 University Drive NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30306, from the general boundary-change rules in that section. - Transfers that specific property out of the DeKalb County school district and into the Atlanta Independent School System. - Repeals any existing laws that conflict with this new provision. ### Who it affects The residents and property owner at 1195 University Drive NE in Atlanta, who would now be served by the Atlanta Independent School System instead of DeKalb County Schools. It also touches the DeKalb County Board of Education and Atlanta Public Schools, whose enrollment boundaries shift as a result. ### Why it matters For the household at that address, this changes which public school system their children are zoned for, moving them from DeKalb County Schools to Atlanta Public Schools. The bill illustrates how Georgia legislators sometimes resolve individual boundary disputes through targeted local legislation rather than administrative rezoning. ### Key provisions - Section 1 adds subsection (h) to Section 3.2 of the underlying 1963 DeKalb County school districting Act, as amended by later laws through 2025. - Subsection (h) states the section's general rules do not apply to the property at 1195 University Drive NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30306. - Subsection (h) removes that property from the DeKalb County school district and places it within the Atlanta Independent School System. - Section 2 repeals any laws or parts of laws that conflict with this Act. ## Status - Status: Passed (2026-05-12) - Last action: Effective Date 2026-05-12 (2026-05-12) - Sponsors: Kim Jackson, Sally Harrell, Randal Mangham, Elena Parent, Karla Drenner - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73732 > The history, votes, and amendments (891 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sb609.md?full=1