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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Student Assessments;consideration of local reading programs; research based formative assessments; summative component; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-281 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to student assessments, so as to provide for consideration of local reading programs when establishing a research based formative assessment with a summative component for grades one and two; to provide for a review and recommended solution for ongoing assessments in kindergarten through grade five in reading and mathematics and for the assessments in grades three through eight; to provide for a comparability study to determine and establish the concordance of nationally recognized academic assessments with content standards and assessments in grades nine through 12; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2017_18"
+identifier: "SB 211"
+citation: "Georgia SB 211 (2017_18)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ellis Black", "Freddie Sims", "Jesse Stone", "John Wilkinson", "Lindsey Tippins", "Matt Brass", "William Ligon, Jr."]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-02-17"
+last_action: "2017-04-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a61f0a83-5fc6-4533-918f-6227a7389d92"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "344fe787470f72b45f1f5823e4a9999d816365f6843f4cfca2b94fc0e5a5479e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia SB 211 (2017_18) — Student Assessments;consideration of local reading programs; research based formative assessments; summative component; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-281 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to student assessments, so as to provide for consideration of local reading programs when establishing a research based formative assessment with a summative component for grades one and two; to provide for a review and recommended solution for ongoing assessments in kindergarten through grade five in reading and mathematics and for the assessments in grades three through eight; to provide for a comparability study to determine and establish the concordance of nationally recognized academic assessments with content standards and assessments in grades nine through 12; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **51–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ellis Black — primary (person)
+- Freddie Sims — primary (person)
+- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
+- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
+- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
+- Matt Brass — primary (person)
+- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-17** Senate Hopper
+- **2017-02-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-01** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-03** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2017-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2017-03-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-22** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-24** House Postponed
+- **2017-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2017-03-28** House Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
+- **2017-03-30** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2017-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-04-27** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2017-04-27** Act 36 `executive-signature`
+- **2017-04-27** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a61f0a83-5fc6-4533-918f-6227a7389d92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+