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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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Freddie Sims
Jesse Stone
John Wilkinson
Lindsey Tippins
Matt Brass
William Ligon, Jr.
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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 — 510 (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).