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Georgia › Georgia House of Representatives

HB 971

Quality Basic Education Act; home study students and private school students to enroll in college and career academies located in certain RESA service areas and adjacent local school systems; provide

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session Current

Status

Senate Read Second Time

Sponsors (7)

Republican · Primary

Republican · Primary

Republican · Primary

Republican · Primary

Mitchell Horner

Republican · Primary

Republican · Primary

Republican · Primary

Legislative Votes

Georgia House of Representatives: House Vote #547

Feb 24, 2026

PASSED 164-0

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Derrick Jackson

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Rhonda Burnough

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Kasey Carpenter

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Matthew Gambill

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Martin Momtahan

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Mary Frances Williams

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Noel Williams, Jr.

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Mitchell Scoggins

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Victor Anderson

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Tyler Paul Smith

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Lauren McDonald III

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Regina Lewis-Ward

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Solomon Adesanya

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Bethany Ballard

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Kimberly Alexander

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Lehman Franklin

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Sandy Donatucci

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Chuck Efstration

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David Huddleston

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Dar'shun Kendrick

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Derrick McCollum

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Gary Richardson

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Anne Allen Westbrook

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Gabriel Sanchez

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Mary Ann Santos

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Bruce Williamson

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David Wilkerson

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Sylvia Wayfer Baker

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Johnny Chastain

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Demetrius Douglas

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Reynaldo Martinez

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Robert Flournoy

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Bill Werkheiser

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Mitchell Horner

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Patty Marie Stinson

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