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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Education; updated eligibility requirements for the Dual Achievement Program; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to vocational, technical, and adult education, so as to provide updated eligibility requirements for the Dual Achievement Program; to provide for continued eligibility for students already enrolled in the program; to provide for the creation of a funding formula; to provide for policies, rules, and regulations; to repeal provisions regarding participation agreements, QBE funding, and accountability assessments for the program; to provide for continuation of the program and eliminate a provision providing for automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "HB 1293"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1293 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["EDUCATION"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Charles Martin", "Jan Jones", "Kasey Carpenter", "Robert Dickey", "Tim Fleming"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-12"
+last_action: "2026-05-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a45f569d-cc74-4926-888d-f23252dc6479"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "1f3606da6b154ce0a9264e04b3d6d0bf3895cb781ed5d75f9d155b297289417c"
+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 HB 1293 (2025_26) — Education; updated eligibility requirements for the Dual Achievement Program; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to vocational, technical, and adult education, so as to provide updated eligibility requirements for the Dual Achievement Program; to provide for continued eligibility for students already enrolled in the program; to provide for the creation of a funding formula; to provide for policies, rules, and regulations; to repeal provisions regarding participation agreements, QBE funding, and accountability assessments for the program; to provide for continuation of the program and eliminate a provision providing for automatic repeal; 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.
+
+1. **HB 1293/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246709.pdf)
+2. **LC 61 0387/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242520.pdf)
+3. **LC 61 0425S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245276.pdf)
+4. **LC 61 0425S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243619.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #651 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **166–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #747 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Charles Martin — primary (person)
+- Jan Jones — primary (person)
+- Kasey Carpenter — primary (person)
+- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
+- Tim Fleming — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-12** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2026-02-17** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-06** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2026-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-19** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-19** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-05** Act 389 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a45f569d-cc74-4926-888d-f23252dc6479`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+