| 1 | 1 | | 25 LC 49 2212 |
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| 2 | 2 | | House Bill 517 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By: Representatives Berry of the 56 |
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| 5 | 5 | | , Ballard of the 147 |
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| 7 | 7 | | , Olaleye of the 59 |
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| 9 | 9 | | , Greene of the |
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| 10 | 10 | | 154 |
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| 12 | 12 | | , Hagan of the 156 |
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| 14 | 14 | | , and others |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT |
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| 17 | 17 | | To amend Code Section 20-2-154 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the |
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| 19 | 19 | | remedial education program under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide for2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | the State Board of Education to establish a grant program for supplemental remedial3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | education services in literacy and math for all students in kindergarten through grade 12 who4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | attend one of the lowest performing five percent of public schools in the state; to provide5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | purposes.7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 1.9 |
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| 27 | 27 | | This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Student Success Support Act."10 |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2.11 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Code Section 20-2-154 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the remedial12 |
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| 30 | 30 | | education program under the "Quality Basic Education Act," is amended by adding a new13 |
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| 31 | 31 | | subsection to read as follows:14 |
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| 32 | 32 | | H. B. 517 |
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| 34 | 34 | | "(c) Subject to appropriations, the State Board of Education shall establish a program to15 |
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| 35 | 35 | | provide up to a total of $3 million per school year in grants to local school systems and16 |
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| 36 | 36 | | public schools to be used to provide supplemental remedial education services to address17 |
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| 37 | 37 | | the respective literacy and math deficiencies of students in kindergarten through grade 1218 |
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| 38 | 38 | | who attend a public school that performed in the lowest five percent of all public schools19 |
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| 39 | 39 | | based on the cumulative individual school ratings, as provided for in subsection (d) of Code20 |
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| 40 | 40 | | Section 20-14-33, for the two most recent school years for which the Office of Student21 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Achievement issued such ratings."22 |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 3.23 |
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| 43 | 43 | | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.24 |
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| 44 | 44 | | H. B. 517 |
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