SB609: SB609 DeKalb County; County Board of Education; changes in boundaries of school district; revise provisions

This is a local bill affecting only DeKalb County, Georgia. It amends a 1963 law that originally 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 bill adds a new subsection to Section 3.2 of that law creating a narrow, one-time exception: a specific residential property at 1195 University Drive, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30306, is removed from the DeKalb County school district's boundaries and placed within the boundaries of the Atlanta Independent School System instead. The bill repeals any conflicting laws, which is standard closing language. It does not change any other school district boundaries or board election rules.

• Adds a new subsection (h) to Section 3.2 of the 1963 DeKalb County school board districting law.
• Removes one named residential property, 1195 University Drive NE in Atlanta, from the DeKalb County school district's boundaries.
• Places that same property within the boundaries of the Atlanta Independent School System instead.
• Repeals any other laws that conflict with this change, a standard closing provision with no substantive effect beyond this bill.

The residents of the single named property at 1195 University Drive NE in Atlanta, who would be reassigned from DeKalb County schools to the Atlanta Independent School System, along with the DeKalb County Board of Education and the Atlanta Independent School System, whose boundaries shift accordingly.

For the household at this one address, the change determines which public school system, DeKalb County or Atlanta, their children are zoned to attend and which system's taxes and services apply to that property, without affecting any other homes or district lines.

• Section 1 adds subsection (h) to Section 3.2 of the underlying 1963 DeKalb County school districting Act, as previously amended in 1984, 2021, and 2025.
• The new subsection exempts the property at 1195 University Drive, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30306 from the general boundary provisions of Section 3.2.
• That property is formally removed from the DeKalb County school district and placed in the Atlanta Independent School System.
• Section 2 repeals conflicting laws, a routine clause that does not itself change substantive policy.

1. 2026-05-12Effective Date 2026-05-12
2. 2026-05-12Act 701
3. 2026-05-12Senate Date Signed by Governor (Senate)
4. 2026-04-10Senate Sent to Governor (Senate)
5. 2026-04-02House Passed/Adopted (House)
6. 2026-04-02House Third Readers (House)
7. 2026-04-02House Committee Favorably Reported (House)
8. 2026-03-19House Second Readers (House)

• Kim Jackson (D, SD-041)Primary sponsor
• Sally Harrell (D, SD-040)
• Randal Mangham (D, SD-055)
• Elena Parent (D, SD-044)
• Karla Drenner (D, HD-085)

1. PassedSenate voteMarch 16, 2026

   48 yea, 1 nay (3 not voting, 2 absent)

   Local Consent Calendar: Senate Vote #719

2. PassedHouse voteApril 2, 2026

   110 yea, 63 nay (1 not voting, 2 absent)

   Local Calendar : House Vote #846

• DeKalb County schools
• school district boundaries
• Atlanta Public Schools
• local legislation