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type: "Bill"
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title: "State Board of Education; determine eligibility criteria for foster care students to receive special education and related services; provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to educational programs, so as to direct the State Board of Education to determine eligibility criteria for foster care students to receive special education and related services; to require the Department of Education to provide guidance to local school systems; to require local school systems to immediately determine whether to initiate the initial evaluation process for newly enrolled foster care students; to require the State Board of Education to develop rules and regulations; to provide for definitions; 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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 855"
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citation: "Georgia HB 855 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bert Reeves", "Houston Gaines", "Katie Dempsey", "Marcus Wiedower", "Rick Jasperse", "Tom McCall"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2020-01-30"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17cfa7cc-1e41-44ea-8433-8eaea14d7ff3"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "49562bd0d94724e629e3d2d4c4af32efd47cdcf9000e2909c2113c2d375a5d94"
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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 HB 855 (2019_20) — State Board of Education; determine eligibility criteria for foster care students to receive special education and related services; provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to educational programs, so as to direct the State Board of Education to determine eligibility criteria for foster care students to receive special education and related services; to require the Department of Education to provide guidance to local school systems; to require local school systems to immediately determine whether to initiate the initial evaluation process for newly enrolled foster care students; to require the State Board of Education to develop rules and regulations; to provide for definitions; 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. **HB 855/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195304.pdf)
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2. **LC 49 0106/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/188933.pdf)
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3. **LC 49 0158S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192363.pdf)
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4. **LC 49 0158S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191447.pdf)
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5. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 49 0013** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194843.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **166–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bert Reeves — primary (person)
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- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
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- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
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- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
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- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
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- Tom McCall — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-30** House Hopper
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- **2020-01-31** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-05** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2020-06-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2020-06-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2020-06-25** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2020-06-26** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2020-06-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-07-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-07-29** Act 497 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-01** 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/17cfa7cc-1e41-44ea-8433-8eaea14d7ff3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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