---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education; system of supports and assistance for low-performing schools in the greatest need; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, so as to provide for system of supports and assistance for low-performing schools identified as in the greatest need of assistance; to provide for an Education Turnaround Advisory Council; to provide for the creation of the Joint Study Committee on the Establishment of a State Accreditation Process; to revise provisions relating to contracts for strategic waivers school systems; to revise provisions relating to charters for charter systems; 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: "HB 338"
citation: "Georgia HB 338 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks Coleman", "Christian Coomer", "Jan Jones", "Jon Burns", "Kevin Tanner", "Matt Hatchett"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-10"
last_action: "2017-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4206e26e-043f-46da-8cef-a576ccaac033"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c30b0a41d0068f87f7ba54e261994e51f6935cb8bc54b1cdef8071ee414a2c93"
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 338 (2017_18) — Education; system of supports and assistance for low-performing schools in the greatest need; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, so as to provide for system of supports and assistance for low-performing schools identified as in the greatest need of assistance; to provide for an Education Turnaround Advisory Council; to provide for the creation of the Joint Study Committee on the Establishment of a State Accreditation Process; to revise provisions relating to contracts for strategic waivers school systems; to revise provisions relating to charters for charter systems; 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 — **138–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brooks Coleman — primary (person)
- Christian Coomer — primary (person)
- Jan Jones — primary (person)
- Jon Burns — primary (person)
- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-10** House Hopper
- **2017-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-02-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2017-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-03-28** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2017-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-27** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-27** Act 27 `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4206e26e-043f-46da-8cef-a576ccaac033`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).