Education; the academic and disciplinary records of each transferring student shall be provided within five days; require

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Plain-English Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to require that the academic and disciplinary records of each transferring student shall be provided by such student's previous school to the receiving school within five days; to reduce the number of days by which a parent or guardian of a transferring student shall receive copies of such records;to provide for evidence based youth violence…

Source: OpenStates · fetched May 12, 2026

Who it affects

Student / education borrower

Academic and disciplinary records will be transferred between schools within five days of transfer.

Parent / guardian

Will receive copies of transferring student's academic and disciplinary records within a reduced timeframe.

AI-extracted

Who This AffectsAI analysis

Parent / guardiandirectMinor impactHigh certainty
Will receive copies of transferring student's academic and disciplinary records within a reduced timeframe.
“to reduce the number of days by which a parent or guardian of a transferring student shall receive copies of such records”· 1
Student / education borrowerdirectModerate impactHigh certainty
Academic and disciplinary records will be transferred between schools within five days of transfer.
“the academic and disciplinary records of each transferring student shall be provided by such student's previous school to the receiving school within five days”· 1

What the Bill Does

Require previous schools to provide transferring student records to receiving schools within five days.
Reduce the number of days for parents/guardians to receive copies of transferring student records.
Provide for evidence-based youth violence prevention strategies.

Votes

Sponsorship · 10 Sponsors

Democrat1Republican9Independent0Other0

R · PrimeClint Dixon
R · PrimeSteve Gooch
R · PrimeBill Cowsert
R · PrimeJohn Kennedy
R · PrimeFrank Ginn
R · PrimeRuss Goodman
R · PrimeBilly Hickman
D · PrimeRandal Mangham
R · PrimeChuck Hufstetler
R · CoBethany Ballard

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