Bill Text: GA HB423 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: State Board of Education; home study student; dual enrollment program; provide

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-18 - House Second Readers [HB423 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2009-HB423-Introduced.html

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09 LC 33 2932

House Bill 423

By: Representatives Casas of the 103rd, Hembree of the 67th, Coleman of the 97th, Hill of the 21st, Jacobs of the 80th, and others

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend Part 8 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the State Board of Education relative to the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide for a home study student to participate in a dual enrollment program contingent upon certain requirements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.

Part 8 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the State Board of Education relative to the "Quality Basic Education Act," is amended in Code Section 20-2-240, relating to powers and duties of the State Board of Education, by adding a new subsection to read as follows:

"(c)(1) For purposes of this subsection, the term 'dual enrollment' means a process through which a public high school student takes a course or courses from a public or private postsecondary institution in this state while still enrolled as a high school student and receives credit both at the high school and at the postsecondary institution.

(2) The State Board of Education shall provide that for any dual enrollment program it establishes, a home study student in a program meeting the requirements of subsection (c) of Code Section 20-2-690 shall be eligible to participate in such dual enrollment program if the student earns a score in the eighty-fifth percentile or higher nationally on a standardized college admission test, such as the SAT or ACT. No other academic requirements shall be imposed on a home study student who meets this criteria in order to participate in a dual enrollment program."

SECTION 2.

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.