Georgia House Bill 487

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on February 18 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-20 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to competencies and core curriculum under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide that, beginning in the 2031-2032 school year, a computer science course shall be a high school graduation requirement; to provide for certain computer science courses to be substituted for units of credit graduation requirements in certain other subject areas; to provide for such exception; to revise legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Quality Basic Education Act; computer science course shall be a high school graduation requirement beginning in 2031; provide

Rep. Bethany Ballard [R]	Rep. Matt Dubnik [R]	Rep. Brad Thomas [R]	Rep. Todd Jones [R]
Rep. Scott Hilton [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-20	House	House Second Readers
2025-02-19	House	House First Readers
2025-02-18	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70411
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/232701