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40 bills for “Quality Basic Education Act”.
Quality Basic Education and Full-Time Equivalent funding formulas; support revision
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House resolution expresses support for revising the state's two main school funding formulas, Quality Basic Education and Full-Time Equivalent, to better fund wraparound services like counseling and mental health support.
Quality Basic Education and Full-Time Equivalent funding formulas; support revision
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House resolution expresses support for reviewing and revising the state's Quality Basic Education and Full-Time Equivalent school funding formulas to better fund wraparound services like mental health and counseling support.
Quality Basic Education Act; include domestic violence prevention in the existing program for teen dating violence prevention for students
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would expand an existing school program on teen dating violence prevention to also cover domestic violence prevention for students in grades eight through 12.
Quality Basic Education Act; require the task force reviewing the effectiveness of existing program weights to meet every two years rather than every three years
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would require the task force that reviews public school funding formula weights to meet every two years instead of every three, and would require it to submit a detailed report to the Governor.
Quality Basic Education Act; require local school systems to offer certain exams to home study students
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 546 would require Georgia local school systems that offer tests like the SAT, ACT, PSAT/NMSQT, or advanced placement exams to also make them available to home study students living in that district.
Quality Basic Education Act; grants to eligible local units of administration for students living in poverty; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would create state grants for public school districts based on how many students they enroll who are living in poverty, funded through the Quality Basic Education formula.
Quality Basic Education Act; $500,000.00 in matching grants for purpose of providing home reading programs for students in kindergarten through fourth grade; provisions
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 912 would create a state matching grant program, capped at $500,000 a year, to help local school systems pay for home reading programs for students in kindergarten through fourth grade.
"Quality Basic Education Act,"; certain students whose parents or guardians are on active duty are eligible for enrollment in the public school of the attendance zone in which they intend to reside; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Senate bill would let children of active-duty military parents enroll in the Georgia public school of the neighborhood they plan to move to, even before they have a lease or house there, but only on a 90-day provisional basis.
"Quality Basic Education Act"; State Board of Education to establish a program of state-wide coordinated support for summer literacy programs offered by local school systems and other public schools; require
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would direct the State Board of Education to create a statewide program supporting summer literacy programs for kindergarten through third grade students, backed by a grant application process and an implementation plan due to lawmakers by November 2026.
Quality Basic Education Act; State Board of Education to develop an advanced mathematics pathway; require
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would require the State Board of Education to create an advanced math track for grades three through eight, with automatic enrollment for qualifying students and mandatory offerings in middle school.
Quality Basic Education Act; history of Black Americans; provide coursework
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 706 would add the history of Black Americans to Georgia's required high school civics coursework and require every public school to hold at least one class period on the topic, encouraged to fall in February.
Quality Basic Education Act; Refugee and International Students Equalization (RISE) program; establish
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 48 would create a new Refugee and International Students Equalization (RISE) program in Georgia's public school funding formula, adding state funding and support services for recently arrived international and refugee students.
"Quality Basic Education Act"; local school systems offer certain exams to home study students; require
Summary by Georgia Commons: Senate Bill 63 would require Georgia public school systems that offer college entrance and advanced placement exams to make those same tests available to home study students living in their district.
Quality Basic Education Act; require certain schools that offer after-school programs to make such programs available to pre-kindergarten students
Summary by Georgia Commons: Georgia House Bill 1123 would require public schools that run pre-kindergarten programs and also offer after-school programs to open those after-school programs to pre-K students on the same terms as older students, starting in the 2026-2027 school year.
Quality Basic Education Act; state's maximum authorization of capital outlay funding; provide for an increase
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 371 raises the state's annual cap on school construction funding from $300 million to $375 million and requires new elementary school playgrounds built after July 2027 to meet accessibility design standards.
Quality Basic Education Act; require State Board of Education to review and update policies, guidelines, and processes for awarding units of high school credit to students based on a demonstration of subject area competency
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would require the State Board of Education to update its rules for awarding high school credit based on subject mastery, add international baccalaureate exams to the approved tests, and stop the State School Superintendent from blocking approved assessments.
Quality Basic Education Act; expand which healthcare professionals may conduct preparticipation physical examinations
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would let nurse practitioners and physician's assistants, not just doctors, perform the physical exams student athletes need before playing school sports, and would add a required heart screening starting in the 2026-2027 school year.
Quality Basic Education Act; grants to eligible local units of administration for students living in poverty; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would create a new state grant program sending extra funding to school districts based on how many of their students live in poverty, on top of existing school funding.
Quality Basic Education Act; permit private school students, home study students, and nonresident public school students to enroll as part-time students in any public school in this state
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would let private school students, home-schooled students, and public school students from other schools enroll part time in any public school in the state, mainly to take specific courses.
Quality Basic Education Act; award of low-wealth capital outlay grants to qualifying local school systems that award certain contracts for roofing improvements to suppliers that meet certain criteria; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would let low-wealth school districts qualify for state roofing grants and skip normal competitive bidding rules when they hire a roofing supplier already approved through a state cooperative purchasing program.
Quality Basic Education Act; address mental health risks for student athletes
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would require public and participating private schools to educate student athletes, parents, coaches and staff about mental health risks and require coaches to complete annual training before coaching.
"Quality Basic Education Act"; the date by which a child must attain a certain age to be eligible for enrollment in kindergarten or first grade; revise
Summary by Georgia Commons: Georgia's Senate has passed a bill giving parents more say over when their four, five, or six year olds start school, and requiring middle and high schools to print a suicide hotline message on student ID badges.
Quality Basic Education Act; content standards for digital literacy instruction; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: HB 1269 would require Georgia public schools to teach digital literacy to every student from kindergarten through 12th grade, starting in the 2027-2028 school year, and expand the state's online safety curriculum requirements.
Quality Basic Education Act; home study students and private school students to enroll in college and career academies located in certain RESA service areas and adjacent local school systems; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would let home study and private school students take courses at college and career academies located anywhere in their region, not just inside their home school district.
Education; require written notice to parents and guardians of students in grades four through eight at least twice each school year stating whether such student has attained grade level reading proficiency
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would require local school boards to tell parents at least twice a year, in writing, whether their child in grades four through eight is reading at grade level.
Georgia Penmanship Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 580, the Georgia Penmanship Act, would require local school boards to teach cursive writing starting in the 2026-2027 school year, once the State Board of Education sets standards for it.
Quality Basic Education Act; computer science course shall be a high school graduation requirement beginning in 2031; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would make computer science a high school graduation requirement starting with the 2031-2032 school year, letting certain computer science or CTAE courses count toward other credit requirements like math, science or electives.
"Quality Basic Education Act,"; beginning in the 2031-2032 school year, a computer science course shall be a high school graduation requirement; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would make computer science a high school graduation requirement starting in the 2031-2032 school year, letting some computer science or CTAE courses count toward other credit requirements like math, science, or electives.
Georgia Educational Opportunity Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 245 would add a new funding category to Georgia's school funding formula for students living in poverty, giving school districts extra state money based on a 1.75 weight and a 15-to-1 student-teacher ratio.
Quality Basic Education Act; local boards shall be authorized to provide instruction in hunting safety in grades six through 12; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate substitute to HB 451 would require every local school district to let public school students leave campus for religious instruction classes during the school week, without counting them as absent.
Quality Basic Education Act; prescribed course of study in sex education and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention instruction is age appropriate and medically accurate; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would rewrite the state's sex education law to require age-appropriate, medically accurate instruction, emphasize abstinence, and push back the implementation deadline for new curriculum standards to 2027 and 2028.
School Security Protection and Safety Infrastructure Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 47 would create a state funding stream under Georgia's Quality Basic Education Act to reimburse public schools for security equipment like surveillance trailers and weapon detection systems, starting with the 2026-2027 school year.
"Quality Basic Education Act"; disclosure of public student directory information to political candidates or persons or groups acting on their behalf; prohibit
Summary by Georgia Commons: Georgia Senate Bill 212 would bar public schools from sharing student directory information with political candidates, campaigns, or PACs, and would make it a felony to disclose confidential voter registration information without authorization.
Quality Basic Education Act; State Board adopt criteria for assessment and placement of students who are eligible for initial public school enrollment in first grade
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would require the State Board of Education to set statewide criteria for assessing whether children starting public school are ready for first grade, while guaranteeing parents can choose kindergarten instead regardless of the results.
Quality Basic Education; calculation and distribution of funds to local units of administration for student transportation programs; revise provisions
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 42 would require the State Board of Education to fund up to 100 percent of each school district's projected student transportation costs, raise minimum bus driver pay, and let more students qualify for busing based on safety concerns.
Quality Basic Education Act; allow for students in ninth and tenth grade to complete the high school graduation financial literacy course requirement
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate substitute for HB 1114 would expand digital literacy and financial literacy requirements in public schools, letting students take the required financial literacy course anytime in grades 9 through 12 instead of only in 11th or 12th grade.
Education; revise QBE program weights based on recommendations of the 2015 Education Reform Commission
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 796 would rewrite how Georgia calculates state funding for public schools, switching the base program from high school to middle school and replacing the old per-program funding weights with a new student-weighted funding model.
Investing in Every Student Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 27 would replace Georgia's narrow migrant student grant program with a broader grant for students living in poverty, including those who are homeless, in foster care, or in families receiving SNAP or TANF benefits.
Quality Basic Education Act; students significantly at risk of not achieving grade level reading proficiency or with characteristics of dyslexia; include provisions
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 307 rewrites Georgia's early literacy law to add specific provisions for students showing characteristics of dyslexia, require written notice and support plans for those students, ban the three cueing reading method in K-3 classrooms, and extend the Georgia Council on Literacy through 2030.
"Quality Basic Education Act"; grants for educational programs; provisions relative to the teacher recruitment and retention tax credit program; revise
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would expand the state's teacher recruitment and retention tax credit program to 1,200 teachers a year, lower the credit for future participants, and separately loosen the conservation land donation tax credit program.