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Read. Follow. Verify.Georgia House Bill 47 Establishes State Funding Assistance for School Safety and Security Infrastructure
Last action · January 16, 2025: House Second ReadersSponsors: Viola Davis and 2 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Georgia House Bill 47 establishes state funding assistance under the to reimburse eligible public schools for actual costs incurred to improve school safety and reduce school violence, effective July 1, 2025. The measure permits funding to be used for mobile surveillance camera trailers, onsite command centers, weapon detection technology, and detection systems for tobacco, vapor products, or marijuana. Public schools must comply with State Board of Education policies and regulations to qualify for these funds.
Public schools gain access to state-backed financial reimbursement for purchasing specialized safety hardware and surveillance technology, provided they meet administrative compliance standards set by the State Board of Education.
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.
eligible public schools
Public schools may receive state funding reimbursement for safety infrastructure provided they comply with State Board of Education regulations.
State Board of Education
The Board is tasked with adopting rules, determining annual funding amounts, evaluating impact, and setting eligibility procedures.
Key Facts
- The Act is cited as the 'School Security Protection and Safety Infrastructure Act.'
- It amends Part 5 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated relating to Quality Basic Education Act program weights.
- Funds are designated to reimburse eligible public schools for actual costs incurred to reduce school violence and improve safety and security.
- The State Board of Education must annually determine the amount of state funds needed for school security assistance.
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- Eligibility requires public schools to comply with policies, procedures, and regulations adopted by the State Board of Education.
- Allowable expenditures include mobile surveillance camera trailers and onsite command centers.
- Allowable expenditures include weapon detection technology for large events, daily campus entry, or school functions.
- Allowable expenditures include systems designed to detect cigarettes, cigars, consumable vapor products, or alternative nicotine products.
- Allowable expenditures include systems designed to detect marijuana.
- The State Board of Education must establish evaluation procedures for the Department of Education to review school funding requests.
- The State Board of Education must annually assess whether the funding assistance has the intended impact of reducing school violence or improving safety.
- The Act becomes effective on July 1, 2025, and applies beginning with the 2026-2027 school year.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
3 actions- Jan 16, 2025HouseHouse Second Readers
- Jan 15, 2025HouseIntroducedHouse First Readers
- Jan 14, 2025HouseIntroducedHouse Hopper
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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