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type: "Bill"
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title: "DeKalb County School Districts; boundaries of the City of Atlanta independent school systems are not extended by annexation; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create and establish in DeKalb County, Georgia, districts from which the members of the County Board of Education of DeKalb County shall be elected, approved April 12, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 3424), as amended, so as to provide that the boundaries of the City of Atlanta independent school systems are not extended by annexation unless expressly approved in a separate local law or intergovernmental agreement; to provide for transfer of students; to provide for ownership of property and buildings; to provide for binding arbitration; to provide for no change in school system boundaries under certain circumstances; to provide for intergovernmental agreements; 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 209"
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citation: "Georgia SB 209 (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: ["Elena Parent", "Emanuel Jones", "Gail Davenport", "Gloria Butler", "Kim Jackson", "Sally Harrell", "Tonya Anderson"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-18"
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last_action: "2021-05-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f6b83d6-7c8f-4e38-9478-d014b498efe8"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "5b770ae1b8f38cab66381d3b89f6f6a86d18890d28685fb58a9539067425c34a"
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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 209 (2021_22) — DeKalb County School Districts; boundaries of the City of Atlanta independent school systems are not extended by annexation; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create and establish in DeKalb County, Georgia, districts from which the members of the County Board of Education of DeKalb County shall be elected, approved April 12, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 3424), as amended, so as to provide that the boundaries of the City of Atlanta independent school systems are not extended by annexation unless expressly approved in a separate local law or intergovernmental agreement; to provide for transfer of students; to provide for ownership of property and buildings; to provide for binding arbitration; to provide for no change in school system boundaries under certain circumstances; to provide for intergovernmental agreements; 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 47 0836** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198105.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199199.pdf)
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3. **SB 209 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198280.pdf)
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4. **SB 209/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201965.pdf)
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## Votes
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- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **49–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Elena Parent — primary (person)
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- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
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- Gail Davenport — primary (person)
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- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
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- Kim Jackson — primary (person)
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- Sally Harrell — primary (person)
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- Tonya Anderson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-18** Senate Hopper
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- **2021-02-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-01** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-01** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-03-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-29** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-29** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-10** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-10** Act 281 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-10** 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/2f6b83d6-7c8f-4e38-9478-d014b498efe8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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