---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education; provision that reduced the amount of certain funding to state charter schools that offer virtual instruction; remove"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-2089 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to funding for state charter schools, so as to remove a provision that reduced the amount of certain funding provided to state charter schools that offer virtual instruction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1215"
citation: "Georgia HB 1215 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Thomas", "Jan Jones", "John Carson", "Joseph Gullett", "Rick Jasperse", "Will Wade"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-03"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0031484-13a9-4476-a0e7-9501556f8b38"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f4a33a3bb56fdb68598e0c07c9cce8c1c757638c68ff3f95b14e6e45c3f96164"
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 1215 (2021_22) — Education; provision that reduced the amount of certain funding to state charter schools that offer virtual instruction; remove

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-2089 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to funding for state charter schools, so as to remove a provision that reduced the amount of certain funding provided to state charter schools that offer virtual instruction; 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 1215/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/212180.pdf)
2. **LC 49 0634/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/205182.pdf)
3. **LC 49 0864S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207557.pdf)
4. **LC 49 0864S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206923.pdf)
5. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 49 0064** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211976.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **113–45** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brad Thomas — primary (person)
- Jan Jones — primary (person)
- John Carson — primary (person)
- Joseph Gullett — primary (person)
- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
- Will Wade — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-02-03** House Hopper
- **2022-02-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-02-24** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-29** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-04-01** Senate Tabled
- **2022-04-04** Senate Taken from Table
- **2022-04-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-04-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-02** Act 769 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0031484-13a9-4476-a0e7-9501556f8b38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).