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HB 550GEORGIASession 2025_26State Billdead

Did Not Advance

Georgia HB 550 requires private schools participating in scholarship programs to adopt public school safety plans

Original title: Education; promise scholarship accounts; require participating schools to prepare school safety plans that meet certain requirements

Last action · February 24, 2025: House Second ReadersSponsors: Eric Bell and 4 others

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What This Bill Proposed

Georgia House Bill 550 requires all private schools participating in the state's education savings scholarship program to prepare and maintain school safety plans that meet the same standards required for public schools.

Why it matters

Private schools accepting state scholarship funds must comply with public school safety mandates, which may alter their administrative compliance and emergency preparedness procedures.

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.

Directly affected

participating schools

Participating schools must prepare and maintain school safety plans that meet public school requirements.

Directly affected

education savings authority

Key Facts

HB 550 amends Code Section 20-2B-23 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated.
Participating schools in the education savings program must prepare a school safety plan.
The required school safety plans must meet the same standards required for public schools under Code Section 20-2-1185.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which schools are required to adopt the new safety plans under HB 550?

s in the state's education savings program are required to prepare school safety plans meeting public school standards.

What standards must the new private school safety plans meet?

The safety plans must meet the requirements established for public school safety plans under 20-2-1185.

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Where This Stands

This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.

Procedural history

3 actions

Feb 24, 2025House
House Second Readers
Feb 21, 2025HouseIntroduced
House First Readers
Feb 20, 2025HouseIntroduced
House Hopper

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Connected Entities

Rick Townsend, Georgia, David Wilkerson and 3 more

PersonRick Townsend“Representative from the 179th district, co-sponsor of HB 550”Map →

locationGeorgia“State jurisdiction for the bill”Map →

PersonDavid Wilkerson“Representative from the 38th district, co-sponsor of HB 550”Map →

PersonPatty Marie Stinson“Representative from the 150th district, co-sponsor of HB 550”Map →

PersonEric Bell“Representative from the 75th district, primary sponsor of HB 550”Map →

PersonSteven Sainz“Representative from the 180th district, co-sponsor of HB 550”Map →

Sources

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www.legis.ga.gov

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