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| Bill | Student Assessments;consideration of local reading programs; research based formative assessments; summative component; provide | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-281 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to student assessments, so as to provide for consideration of local reading programs when establishing a research based formative assessment with a summative component for grades one and two; to provide for a review and recommended solution for ongoing assessments in kindergarten through grade five in reading and mathematics and for the assessments in grades three through eight; to provide for a comparability study to determine and establish the concordance of nationally recognized academic assessments with content standards and assessments in grades nine through 12; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2017_18 | SB 211 | Georgia SB 211 (2017_18) |
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0 | 18 | 1 | 2017-02-17 | 2017-04-27 | openstates | ocd-bill/a61f0a83-5fc6-4533-918f-6227a7389d92 | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | 344fe787470f72b45f1f5823e4a9999d816365f6843f4cfca2b94fc0e5a5479e | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia SB 211 (2017_18) — Student Assessments;consideration of local reading programs; research based formative assessments; summative component; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-281 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to student assessments, so as to provide for consideration of local reading programs when establishing a research based formative assessment with a summative component for grades one and two; to provide for a review and recommended solution for ongoing assessments in kindergarten through grade five in reading and mathematics and for the assessments in grades three through eight; to provide for a comparability study to determine and establish the concordance of nationally recognized academic assessments with content standards and assessments in grades nine through 12; 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 BY SUBSTITUTE — 51–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Ellis Black — primary (person)
- Freddie Sims — primary (person)
- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
- Matt Brass — primary (person)
- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-02-17 Senate Hopper
- 2017-02-21 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2017-02-28 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2017-03-01 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2017-03-03 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2017-03-03 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2017-03-06 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2017-03-06 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2017-03-09 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2017-03-22 House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2017-03-24 House Postponed
- 2017-03-28 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2017-03-28 House Passed/Adopted As Amended
passage - 2017-03-30 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- 2017-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2017-04-27 Senate Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2017-04-27 Act 36
executive-signature - 2017-04-27 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a61f0a83-5fc6-4533-918f-6227a7389d92. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).