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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"Graduation Opportunities and Advanced Learning (GOAL) Act\"; enact"
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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 GOAL academies; to provide for definitions; to provide for partnerships to establish GOAL academies as charter schools; to provide for the transition of system-collaborative state charter schools to GOAL academies; to provide for funding and for the calculation thereof; to provide for designation; to provide for data collection; to provide for eligibility criteria, requirements, and procedures; to provide for a short title; 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: "2021_22"
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identifier: "SB 153"
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citation: "Georgia SB 153 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Blake Tillery", "Greg Dolezal"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-10"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c7c616e-b6ce-488b-be9b-0f676d83c359"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "76b84701be125d7572d3ec581370c27d3299d705bd58bb2c86f40291a1544684"
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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 153 (2021_22) — "Graduation Opportunities and Advanced Learning (GOAL) Act"; enact
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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 GOAL academies; to provide for definitions; to provide for partnerships to establish GOAL academies as charter schools; to provide for the transition of system-collaborative state charter schools to GOAL academies; to provide for funding and for the calculation thereof; to provide for designation; to provide for data collection; to provide for eligibility criteria, requirements, and procedures; to provide for a short title; 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 49 0405** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197418.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199708.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 49 0482S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199161.pdf)
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4. **LC 49 0550S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201436.pdf)
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5. **SB 153/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201787.pdf)
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## Votes
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- MOTION TO TABLE ALL BILLS ON THE RULES CALENDAR — **32–17** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-10** Senate Hopper
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- **2021-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-01** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-03** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-05** Senate Tabled
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- **2021-03-05** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2021-03-05** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-05** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-03-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-03-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-04** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-04** Act 156 `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/2c7c616e-b6ce-488b-be9b-0f676d83c359`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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