2025-2026 Regular Session

HB740

Stop Social Promotion Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide for development of promotional standards and criteria for first grade readiness by the Department of Education; to provide for placement and promotion policies for kindergarten and grades one and two; to provide for a timetable for implementation; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition: Pending: House Education
Last status date: March 11, 2025
Last status update: House Second Readers
Pending committee: Education
Author: Sandra Scott
Co-sponsors: Viola Davis Kim Schofield

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Committee referrals

March 10, 2025 · House

Education

Instrument history

This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

March 11, 2025
House House Second Readers
March 10, 2025
House House First Readers
March 6, 2025
House House Hopper

Source provenance

LegiScan bill ID: 1994322
LegiScan session ID: 2167
Source file: var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/HB740.json
Package observed: 2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00