| 1 | 1 | | 25 LC 56 0237 |
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| 2 | 2 | | House Bill 47 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By: Representatives Davis of the 87 |
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| 5 | 5 | | , Scott of the 76 |
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| 7 | 7 | | , and Schofield of the 63 |
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| 9 | 9 | | |
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| 10 | 10 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 11 | 11 | | AN ACT |
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| 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 |
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| 15 | 15 | | Education Act," so as to provide for QBE funding assistance to eligible public schools to3 |
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| 16 | 16 | | improve school safety infrastructure; to provide for eligibility; to provide for allowable uses4 |
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| 17 | 17 | | of such funding; to provide for policies, procedures, regulations, and requirements; to5 |
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| 18 | 18 | | provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and6 |
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| 19 | 19 | | applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.7 |
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| 20 | 20 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:8 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1.9 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "School Security Protection and Safety10 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Infrastructure Act."11 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2.12 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Part 5 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated,13 |
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| 26 | 26 | | relating to program weights and funding requirements under the "Quality Basic Education14 |
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| 27 | 27 | | H. B. 47 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act," is amended by revising Code Section 20-2-183, relating to program weights to reflect |
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| 31 | 31 | | funds for maintenance and operation of facilities, as follows:16 |
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| 32 | 32 | | "20-2-183.17 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (a) |
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| 34 | 34 | | All program weights, when multiplied by the base amount, shall reflect sufficient funds18 |
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| 35 | 35 | | to provide for the maintenance and operation of facilities essential for housing instructional19 |
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| 36 | 36 | | programs and essential supportive educational services, subject to appropriation by the20 |
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| 37 | 37 | | General Assembly.21 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (b)(1) All program weights, when multiplied by the base amount, shall reflect sufficient22 |
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| 39 | 39 | | funds to provide funding assistance to reimburse eligible public schools for actual costs23 |
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| 40 | 40 | | incurred to reduce school violence and improve school safety and security. Such funds24 |
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| 41 | 41 | | may be referred to as school security protection and safety infrastructure funds.25 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (2) The State Board of Education shall annually determine the amount of state funds26 |
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| 43 | 43 | | needed to provide funding assistance to eligible public schools as set forth in paragraph27 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (1) of this subsection, subject to the following conditions:28 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (A) No public school shall be considered eligible for such funding assistance unless29 |
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| 46 | 46 | | such school complies with such policies, procedures, regulations, and other30 |
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| 47 | 47 | | requirements as adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to paragraph (3) of31 |
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| 48 | 48 | | this subsection; and32 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (B) Expenditures allowable under this subsection shall be limited to:33 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (i) Mobile surveillance camera trailers;34 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (ii) Onsite command centers;35 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (iii) Weapon detection technology for large events, daily campus entry, or any other36 |
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| 53 | 53 | | school function;37 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (iv) Systems designed to detect cigarettes, cigars, consumable vapor products, or38 |
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| 55 | 55 | | alternative nicotine products, as such terms are defined in Code Section 48-11-1; or39 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (v) Systems designed to detect marijuana as such term is defined in Code Section40 |
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| 57 | 57 | | 16-13-21.41 |
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| 58 | 58 | | H. B. 47 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (3) The State Board of Education shall adopt policies, procedures, regulations, and other42 |
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| 61 | 61 | | such requirements as appropriate:43 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (A) To determine whether a public school is eligible for funding assistance under this44 |
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| 63 | 63 | | subsection;45 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (B) To establish procedures and requirements for public schools seeking funding46 |
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| 65 | 65 | | assistance under this subsection;47 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (C) To establish procedures for the Department of Education to evaluate requests by48 |
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| 67 | 67 | | public schools for funding assistance under this subsection;49 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (D) To calculate the maximum amount of funding assistance each eligible public50 |
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| 69 | 69 | | school is eligible to receive under this subsection, subject to appropriations by the51 |
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| 70 | 70 | | General Assembly;52 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (E) To annually assess whether and to what extent funding assistance provided to53 |
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| 72 | 72 | | eligible public schools under this subsection is having the intended impact of reducing54 |
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| 73 | 73 | | school violence or improving school safety and security; and55 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (F) As may be necessary to implement the provisions of this subsection."56 |
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| 75 | 75 | | SECTION 3.57 |
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| 76 | 76 | | This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2025, and shall be applicable beginning with the58 |
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| 77 | 77 | | 2026-2027 school year and continuing each school year thereafter.59 |
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| 78 | 78 | | SECTION 4.60 |
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| 79 | 79 | | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.61 |
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| 80 | 80 | | H. B. 47 |
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