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GA HB51

Education; local boards of education use vehicles other than school buses for transport of students; authorize


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Introduced
01/23/2023
In Committee
03/20/2024
Crossed Over
03/01/2023
Passed
04/02/2024
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
04/23/2024

Introduced Session

2023-2024 Regular Session

Bill Summary

AN ACT To amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to prohibit any high school which receives funding under the Quality Basic Education Act from working with any high school athletic association that is a member of a national organization that does not include or recognize other voluntary nonprofit associations of Georgia high schools; to revise a definition; to authorize local boards of education to use vehicles other than school buses for the transport of all students to and from school and school related activities; to revise provisions authorizing and requiring local boards of education to provide for accident insurance for students traveling on school buses and other vehicles to and from school and school related activities; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

AI Summary

This bill amends Georgia's education laws to: (1) prohibit high schools that receive state funding from participating in athletic or other school activities organized by national associations that do not include or recognize all voluntary nonprofit Georgia high school associations; (2) authorize local school boards to use vehicles other than school buses to transport all students to and from school and school-related activities, and require such vehicles to meet certain standards and insurance requirements; and (3) expand the requirement for accident insurance coverage to include students traveling on all vehicles, not just school buses, to and from school and school-related activities.

Committee Categories

Education

Sponsors (3)

Last Action

Effective Date 2024-07-01 (on 04/23/2024)

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