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Read. Follow. Verify.Georgia House Bill 18 Establishes Residency Requirement for Dual Enrollment Students
Last action · January 15, 2025: House Second ReadersSponsors: Steven Sainz and 4 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Georgia House Bill 18 requires high school students participating in the state's to be classified as legal residents of Georgia and to remain state residents while participating, effective July 1, 2025.
High school students wishing to take college courses through the must maintain continuous legal residency in Georgia throughout their participation to remain eligible.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
High school students
High school students must meet and maintain legal residency in Georgia to participate in the Dual Enrollment program.
Eligible postsecondary institutions
Postsecondary institutions offering dual credit courses must ensure participating students comply with the new residency mandate.
Key Facts
- High school students participating in the Dual Enrollment program must meet residency requirements to be classified as legal residents of Georgia.
- Participating students must remain residents of the state throughout their participation in the program.
- The legislation applies to eligible high school students entering or enrolled in the eleventh or twelfth grade taking eligible dual credit courses.
- The legislation applies to tenth-grade students enrolled in an eligible CTAE course at an institution within the Technical College System of Georgia, meeting specific test score requirements, or previously enrolled as a ninth grader on or before June 30, 2020.
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- The Act becomes effective on July 1, 2025, and applies to all school years beginning on or after that date.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
3 actions- Jan 15, 2025HouseHouse Second Readers
- Jan 14, 2025HouseIntroducedHouse First Readers
- Jan 13, 2025HouseIntroducedHouse Hopper
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 50)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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