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type: "Bill"
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title: "Education; provide for colleges and career academies as charter school or schools within a strategic waivers school system"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to provide for college and career academies as charter schools or as schools within a strategic waivers school system or charter system; to provide for requirements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2015_16"
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identifier: "SB 348"
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citation: "Georgia SB 348 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Freddie Powell Sims", "John Wilkinson", "Lindsey Tippins", "Michael Williams"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-02-08"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/505768fe-3276-46f5-b52e-4c98e0cf71de"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "bf7b1441c73a1b1f97c48a32a99925a4612fa9c1af2d5639616a29fb2a35658e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia SB 348 (2015_16) — Education; provide for colleges and career academies as charter school or schools within a strategic waivers school system
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to provide for college and career academies as charter schools or as schools within a strategic waivers school system or charter system; to provide for requirements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As introduced LC 33 6426** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156733.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158248.pdf)
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3. **SB 348/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162380.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **52–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
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- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
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- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
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- Michael Williams — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-08** Senate Hopper
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- **2016-02-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-02-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-02-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-07** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2016-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-03-31** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-05-03** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-05-03** Act 613 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/505768fe-3276-46f5-b52e-4c98e0cf71de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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