SB 390 - Classrooms First for Georgia Act; require local schools to spend minimum operating funds on direct classrooms expenditures

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Committees

Current Status

04/05/06 - Senate Date Signed by Governor

First Reader Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 4 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to financing for quality basic education, so as to require local school systems to spend a minimum amount of operating funds on direct classroom expenditures; to provide a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for incremental compliance; to provide for a one-year waiver to compliance; to provide for sanctions for noncompliance; to provide for the submission of budget and expenditure information; to provide for rules and regulations; to change certain provisions relating to expenditure controls for fiscal years 2007 and 2008; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Votes

Electronically Recorded Votes
Date Time Vote No Yeas Nays NV Exc Description
01/31/06 04:21 PM Senate Vote #611 017 032 003 004 ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT #1 BY THE SENATOR FROM THE 33RD
01/31/06 04:22 PM Senate Vote #612 017 033 000 006 ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT #2 BY THE SENATOR FROM THE 33RD
01/31/06 04:23 PM Senate Vote #613 018 032 000 006 ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT #3 BY THE SENATOR FROM THE 41ST
01/31/06 04:25 PM Senate Vote #614 015 034 001 006 ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT #5 BY THE SENATOR FROM THE 36TH
01/31/06 04:26 PM Senate Vote #615 032 018 000 006 PASSAGE
02/16/06 01:50 PM House Vote #648 102 070 002 006 PASS
02/23/06 10:30 AM Senate Vote #695 033 019 004 000 AGREE TO HOUSE SUBSTITUTE

Status History

Bill History
Date Action
01/10/2006 Senate Read and Referred
01/25/2006 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
01/26/2006 Senate Read Second Time
01/31/2006 Senate Third Read
01/31/2006 Senate Passed/Adopted
02/01/2006 House First Readers
02/02/2006 House Second Readers
02/15/2006 House Committee Favorably Reported
02/16/2006 House Third Readers
02/16/2006 House Passed/Adopted
02/23/2006 Senate Agrees House Amend or Sub
04/03/2006 Senate Sent to Governor
04/05/2006 Senate Date Signed by Governor
04/05/2006 Act 446
07/01/2006 Effective Date

Footnotes

2/16/06 Modified Structured Rule 2/23/06 Senate agreed to the House Substitute