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type: "Bill"
title: "Education; expand provisions relating to awarding of high school diplomas based on certain dual credit coursework"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the \"Quality Basic Education Act,\" so as to expand provisions relating to awarding of high school diplomas based on certain dual credit coursework; to provide that students who earn high school diplomas based on postsecondary coursework meet the rigor requirements for HOPE scholarships; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "SB 329"
citation: "Georgia SB 329 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burt Jones", "Frank Ginn", "Lindsey Tippins", "Nan Orrock"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-02-03"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10eec4af-65f1-4be0-9101-0dd03a99aa6a"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a9f186272b94482120334dd403efd0a822dadeebdf21df938d4239f0e98d3060"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia SB 329 (2015_16) — Education; expand provisions relating to awarding of high school diplomas based on certain dual credit coursework
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to expand provisions relating to awarding of high school diplomas based on certain dual credit coursework; to provide that students who earn high school diplomas based on postsecondary coursework meet the rigor requirements for HOPE scholarships; 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. **As introduced LC 33 6416** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156468.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157906.pdf)
3. **SB 329/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162091.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **560** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Burt Jones — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
- Nan Orrock — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-02-03** Senate Hopper
- **2016-02-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2016-02-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2016-02-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-02-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-03-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-03-30** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-05-03** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-03** Veto V14 `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10eec4af-65f1-4be0-9101-0dd03a99aa6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).