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| Bill | Elementary and secondary education; administration of standardized assessments in paper-and-pencil format upon parental request; provide | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for administration of standardized assessments in paper-and-pencil format upon parental request; to discourage punitive actions for students refusing to participate in federal, state, or locally mandated standardized assessments; to provide for alternative administrations of student assessments; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2017_18 | HB 425 | Georgia HB 425 (2017_18) |
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Georgia HB 425 (2017_18) — Elementary and secondary education; administration of standardized assessments in paper-and-pencil format upon parental request; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for administration of standardized assessments in paper-and-pencil format upon parental request; to discourage punitive actions for students refusing to participate in federal, state, or locally mandated standardized assessments; to provide for alternative administrations of student assessments; 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 — 151–18 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Clay Cox — primary (person)
- Dave Belton — primary (person)
- Joyce Chandler — primary (person)
- Mike Glanton — primary (person)
- Wes Cantrell — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-02-17 House Hopper
- 2017-02-21 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2017-02-22 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2017-02-27 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2017-03-03 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2017-03-03 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2017-03-06 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2017-03-14 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2017-03-15 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2017-03-20 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2017-03-20 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2017-04-04 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2017-05-09 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2017-05-09 Veto V5
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dd260158-b9dc-4422-bd02-5db8864edd84. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).