Key Votes
HR 1162 - Authorizes the State to Approve Charter Schools - Key Vote
Georgia Key Votes
Stages
- May 3, 2012 Passage
- March 19, 2012 Senate Amendment Adopted
- Feb. 22, 2012 House Amendment Adopted
- Feb. 8, 2012 House Amendment Rejected
- Jan. 25, 2012 Introduced
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Note
NOTE: AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION REQUIRES TWO-THIRDS APPROVAL IN EACH CHAMBER FOR PASSAGE. IT MUST THEN BE APPROVED BY A MAJORITY OF CITIZENS VOTING IN THE NEXT ELECTION TO BE ENACTED.
Stage Details
Constitutional Amendment - Passage (Executive) - May 3, 2012
Title: Authorizes the State to Approve Charter Schools
Constitutional Amendment - Amendment Adopted (Senate) (40-16) - March 19, 2012 (Key vote)
Title: Authorizes the State to Approve Charter Schools
Vote to pass a resolution that submits a constitutional amendment to the voters to clarify the authority of the state in establishing "special schools."
- Defines “special schools” as public schools that may include state charter schools (Sec. 3).
- Authorizes the General Assembly to (Sec. 3):
- Provide by law for the creation of “special schools” in such areas as may require them; and
- Authorize local boards of education to participate in the establishment of such schools under its own terms and conditions.
- Authorizes the state to expend state funds for the support and maintenance of “special schools" (Sec. 3).
- Prohibits the General Assembly from collecting a school tax for the support of “special schools” without the approval of the local board of education and a majority of the qualified voters voting in each system affected (Sec. 3).
- Defines “state charter school” as a public school that operates under the terms of a charter between the State Board of Education and a charter petitioner, but does not include private, sectarian, religious, or for-profit schools or private educational institutions (Sec. 3).
- Authorizes the state to utilize state funds for the support and maintenance of “special schools" (Sec. 3).
- Prohibits the state from utilizing local school system funds for the support and maintenance of “special schools" (Sec. 3).
NOTE: AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION REQUIRES TWO-THIRDS APPROVAL IN EACH CHAMBER FOR PASSAGE. IT MUST THEN BE APPROVED BY A MAJORITY OF CITIZENS VOTING IN THE NEXT ELECTION TO BE ENACTED.
Constitutional Amendment - Amendment Adopted (House) (123-48) - Feb. 22, 2012 (Key vote)
Title: Authorizes the State to Approve Charter Schools
Vote to pass a resolution that submits a constitutional amendment to the voters to clarify the authority of the state in establishing "special schools."
- Defines “special schools” as public schools that may include state charter schools (Sec. 3).
- Authorizes the General Assembly to (Sec. 3):
- Provide by law for the creation of “special schools” in such areas as may require them; and
- Authorize local boards of education to participate in the establishment of such schools under its own terms and conditions.
- Authorizes the state to expend state funds for the support and maintenance of “special schools" (Sec. 3).
- Prohibits the General Assembly from collecting a school tax for the support of “special schools” without the approval of the local board of education and a majority of the qualified voters voting in each system affected (Sec. 3).
- Defines “state charter school” as a public school that operates under the terms of a charter between the State Board of Education and a charter petitioner, but does not include private, sectarian, religious, or for-profit schools or private educational institutions (Sec. 3).
- Authorizes the state to utilize state funds for the support and maintenance of “special schools" (Sec. 3).
- Prohibits the state from utilizing local school system funds for the support and maintenance of “special schools" (Sec. 3).
NOTE: THIS VOTE RECONSIDERS A PREVIOUS VOTE.
Constitutional Amendment - Amendment Rejected (House) (110-62) - Feb. 8, 2012 (Key vote)
Title: Authorizes the State to Approve Charter Schools
Vote to pass a resolution that submits a constitutional amendment to the voters that authorizes the state government to establish charter schools.
- Authorizes the state government to establish “special schools,” independent of local school district decisions (Sec. 2).
- Authorizes the state government to allocate funding for the support and maintenance of “special schools” (Sec. 3).
- Defines “special schools” as public schools which may include charter schools (Sec. 3).
- Authorizes the state government to consolidate county school systems into 1 single area system (Sec. 2).
Constitutional Amendment - Introduced (House) - Jan. 25, 2012
Title: Authorizes the State to Approve Charter Schools
Sponsors
- Brooks Coleman Jr. (GA - R)
- Matt Hatchett (GA - R)
- Jan Jones (GA - R)
- Margaret D. Kaiser (GA - D)
- Edward H. Lindsey Jr. (GA - R)
- Alisha Thomas Morgan (GA - D)
- Chip Rogers (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
