republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sr-287.md

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Bill	Opportunity School District; allow the General Assembly to authorize the establishment; provide for state intervention for failing schools -CA	A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Georgia so as to allow the General Assembly to authorize the establishment of an Opportunity School District to provide for state intervention for failing schools; to provide for related matters; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SR 287	Georgia SR 287 (2015_16)	resolution		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Bill Heath Brandon Beach Bruce Thompson Burt Jones Butch Miller Charlie Bethel Chuck Hufstetler David Shafer Dean Burke Ellis Black Fran Millar Frank Ginn Freddie Powell Sims Greg Kirk Hunter Hill Jack Hill Jeff Mullis Jesse Stone John Albers John Kennedy John Wilkinson Joshua McKoon Judson Hill Lindsey Tippins Marty Harbin Michael Williams Mike Dugan P. K. Martin IV Renee Unterman Rick Jeffares Ross Tolleson Steve Gooch Tommie Williams Tyler Harper William Jackson William Ligon, Jr.	9	15	1	2015-02-18	2015-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/6ab523f0-9de4-434b-8a98-0a5bd2a4ac7f	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	2a15dd6a976df129c8e89a6e75e817c87901e7565216ec34b616defdfc447190	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SR 287 (2015_16) — Opportunity School District; allow the General Assembly to authorize the establishment; provide for state intervention for failing schools -CA

A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Georgia so as to allow the General Assembly to authorize the establishment of an Opportunity School District to provide for state intervention for failing schools; to provide for related matters; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Adopted Senate (committee substitute) — source
2. As introduced LC 33 5927-EC (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 33 6080-ECS (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor amend 1 AM 33 1510 (committee substitute) — source
5. Floor amend 2 AM 33 1508 (committee substitute) — source
6. Floor amend 3 AM 33 1514 (committee substitute) — source
7. Floor amend 4 AM 33 1517 (committee substitute) — source
8. Floor amend 5 AM 33 1513 (committee substitute) — source
9. SR 287/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT #2 BY SENATOR FROM THE 39TH TO COMMITTEE SUB — 16–36 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Bill Heath — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• David Shafer — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Ellis Black — primary (person)
• Fran Millar — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
• Greg Kirk — primary (person)
• Hunter Hill — primary (person)
• Jack Hill — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• Jesse Stone — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• John Wilkinson — primary (person)
• Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
• Judson Hill — primary (person)
• Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Michael Williams — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
• Renee Unterman — primary (person)
• Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
• Ross Tolleson — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Tommie Williams — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)
• William Jackson — primary (person)
• William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-18 Senate Hopper
• 2015-02-19 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-03 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-04 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-03-05 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-03-05 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-03-09 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-24 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-25 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-03-25 House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
• 2015-04-09 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-12 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-12 Act 309 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6ab523f0-9de4-434b-8a98-0a5bd2a4ac7f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).