Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia House Bill HB27 Compare Versions

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1	1	25 LC 61 0028
2	2	House Bill 27
3	3	By: Representatives Scott of the 76
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5	5	, Schofield of the 63
6	6	rd
7	7	, and Davis of the 87
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10	10	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
11	11	AN ACT
12	12	To amend Part 5 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia
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14	14	Annotated, relating to program weights and funding requirements under the "Quality Basic2
15	15	Education Act," so as to provide for grants by the State Board of Education to local units of3
16	16	administration to support students living in poverty; to provide for definitions; to require the4
17	17	State Board of Education to develop rules and regulations; to provide for the calculation of5
18	18	grant amounts; to provide that a minimum required portion of grant funds must be used by6
19	19	local units of administration for direct program expenditures for the benefit of the students7
20	20	living in poverty; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting8
21	21	laws; and for other purposes.9
22	22	BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:10
23	23	SECTION 1.11
24	24	This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Investing in Every Student Act."12
25	25	SECTION 2.13
26	26	Part 5 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated,14
27	27	relating to program weights and funding requirements under the "Quality Basic Education15
28	28	H. B. 27
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30	30	Act," is amended by revising Code Section 20-2-189, relating to migrant student grants for
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32	32	schools, as follows:17
33	33	"20-2-189.18
34	34	(a) As used in this Code section, the term:
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36	36	(1) 'Foster care student' means a student enrolled in a public school in this state who is20
37	37	placed in a foster family home, child care institution, or another substitute care setting21
38	38	approved by the Department of Human Services.22
39	39	(2) 'Homeless student' means a student enrolled in a public school in this state who meets23
40	40	the definition of the term 'homeless children and youths' under the federal24
41	41	McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, codified at 42 U.S.C. Section 11301, et seq.,25
42	42	in force and effect on January 1, 2025.26
43	43	(3) 'Migrant student' means 'migrant student' means a child who is a student enrolled in27
44	44	a public school in this state and who has, within 12 months prior to first becoming a28
45	45	student in such school, moved across state, or school district system, or school attendance29
46	46	zone lines with a migrant parent or guardian to enable the child, the child's parent or30
47	47	guardian, or a member of the child's immediate family to obtain temporary or seasonal31
48	48	employment in an agricultural or fishing activity.32
49	49	(4) 'Student living in poverty' means a student enrolled in a public school in this state33
50	50	who meets one or more of the following criteria:34
51	51	(A) Lives in a family unit directly certified to be receiving Supplemental Nutrition35
52	52	Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits;36
53	53	(B) Lives in a family unit directly certified to be receiving Temporary Assistance for37
54	54	Needy Families (TANF) benefits;38
55	55	(C) Is a homeless student;39
56	56	(D) Is a foster care student; or40
57	57	(E) Is a migrant student.41
58	58	H. B. 27
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60	60	(b) The State Board of Education shall provide grants to qualified local units of
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62	62	administration for the purpose of supplementing services and instruction to currently
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64	64	enrolled migrant students living in poverty, subject to appropriation by the General44
65	65	Assembly. Such grants shall be provided beyond those funds to which local units of45
66	66	administration otherwise are entitled by the provisions of this article and other statutes. 46
67	67	The State Department Board of Education by regulation shall establish rules and47
68	68	regulations relating to the manner in which a local unit of administration must demonstrate48
69	69	that any of its schools meets the eligibility requirements of this subsection it is eligible to49
70	70	receive a grant under this Code section.50
71	71	(c) Grants under this Code section shall be subject to appropriation by the General51
72	72	Assembly. The Department of Education shall calculate the grant amount for a each local52
73	73	unit of administration to be used for a school thereof under this Code section shall be53
74	74	determined by multiplying the total appropriation for such grants by a fraction, the54
75	75	numerator of which is the average number of eligible migrant students enrolling in that55
76	76	school after the final FTE count as required in subsection (a) of Code Section 20-2-160 but56
77	77	prior to the end of the same academic year and the denominator of which is the average57
78	78	total number of eligible migrant students enrolling after the final FTE count as required in58
79	79	subsection (a) of Code Section 20-2-160 but prior to the end of the same academic year in59
80	80	all local units in the entire state number of students living in poverty enrolled in such local60
81	81	unit of administration as of the date of the initial enrollment count each year as set forth in61
82	82	Code Section 20-2-160 by an amount equal to 25 percent of the base amount calculated as62
83	83	set forth in Code Section 20-2-161. At least 90 percent of the grant funds received by a63
84	84	local unit under this Code section shall be used for direct program expenditures at the64
85	85	school for the benefit of the students living in poverty for which the grant is computed65
86	86	under this subsection Code section. Any portion of that 90 percent not so expended shall66
87	87	be returned to the State Department Board of Education."67
88	88	H. B. 27
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90	90	SECTION 3.
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92	92	All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.69
93	93	H. B. 27
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