republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-329.md

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Bill	Education; expand provisions relating to awarding of high school diplomas based on certain dual credit coursework	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to expand provisions relating to awarding of high school diplomas based on certain dual credit coursework; to provide that students who earn high school diplomas based on postsecondary coursework meet the rigor requirements for HOPE scholarships; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 329	Georgia SB 329 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Burt Jones Frank Ginn Lindsey Tippins Nan Orrock	3	15	1	2016-02-03	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/10eec4af-65f1-4be0-9101-0dd03a99aa6a	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	a9f186272b94482120334dd403efd0a822dadeebdf21df938d4239f0e98d3060	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 329 (2015_16) — Education; expand provisions relating to awarding of high school diplomas based on certain dual credit coursework

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to expand provisions relating to awarding of high school diplomas based on certain dual credit coursework; to provide that students who earn high school diplomas based on postsecondary coursework meet the rigor requirements for HOPE scholarships; 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. As introduced LC 33 6416 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 329/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
• Nan Orrock — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-03 Senate Hopper
• 2016-02-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-02-11 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-16 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-02-18 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-02-18 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-02-19 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-02-22 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-03-10 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-22 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-03-22 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-30 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-05-03 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Veto V14 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/10eec4af-65f1-4be0-9101-0dd03a99aa6a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).