Georgia · Senate Bill 493 · 2025-2026 Regular Session

"Promise Scholarship Student Success and Transparency Act"; enact

  1. Introduced Feb 10, 2026
  2. In committee Feb 11, 2026
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2B of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to promise scholarship accounts, so as to establish accountability measures for private schools participating in the promise scholarship program; to require the education savings authority to establish an academic performance standard for participating schools; to require the education savings authority…

Read the full title (123 words)

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2B of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to promise scholarship accounts, so as to establish accountability measures for private schools participating in the promise scholarship program; to require the education savings authority to establish an academic performance standard for participating schools; to require the education savings authority to conduct annual eligibility review of participating schools; to require the education savings authority to take certain measures if a participating school is no longer eligible to enroll participating students or fails to meet the academic performance standard; to provide for related matters; to provide a short title; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Every action

2 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. SenateSenate Hopper
  2. CommitteeSenate Read and Referred · Senate Education and Youth

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 13 cosponsors: 13 Democrats.

All 13 cosponsors

From Georgia's official records (www.legis.ga.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.