republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-1293.md

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Bill	Education; updated eligibility requirements for the Dual Achievement Program; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to vocational, technical, and adult education, so as to provide updated eligibility requirements for the Dual Achievement Program; to provide for continued eligibility for students already enrolled in the program; to provide for the creation of a funding formula; to provide for policies, rules, and regulations; to repeal provisions regarding participation agreements, QBE funding, and accountability assessments for the program; to provide for continuation of the program and eliminate a provision providing for automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 1293	Georgia HB 1293 (2025_26)	bill	EDUCATION	enacted	Charles Martin Jan Jones Kasey Carpenter Robert Dickey Tim Fleming	4	14	2	2026-02-12	2026-05-05	openstates	ocd-bill/a45f569d-cc74-4926-888d-f23252dc6479	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	1f3606da6b154ce0a9264e04b3d6d0bf3895cb781ed5d75f9d155b297289417c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1293 (2025_26) — Education; updated eligibility requirements for the Dual Achievement Program; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to vocational, technical, and adult education, so as to provide updated eligibility requirements for the Dual Achievement Program; to provide for continued eligibility for students already enrolled in the program; to provide for the creation of a funding formula; to provide for policies, rules, and regulations; to repeal provisions regarding participation agreements, QBE funding, and accountability assessments for the program; to provide for continuation of the program and eliminate a provision providing for automatic repeal; 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.

1. HB 1293/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 61 0387/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 61 0425S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 61 0425S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #651 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 166–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #747 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Charles Martin — primary (person)
• Jan Jones — primary (person)
• Kasey Carpenter — primary (person)
• Robert Dickey — primary (person)
• Tim Fleming — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2026-02-12 House Hopper introduction
• 2026-02-17 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-02-18 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-02-24 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-06 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-03-06 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-03-09 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-03-16 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-18 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-03-19 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-03-19 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-05 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-05 Act 389 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a45f569d-cc74-4926-888d-f23252dc6479. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).