# Georgia SB 515: "Quality Basic Education Act"; grants for educational programs; provisions relative to the teacher recruitment and retention tax credit program; revise

Georgia SB 515, "Quality Basic Education Act"; grants for educational programs; provisions relative to the teacher recruitment and retention tax credit program; revise, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Clint Dixon (Republican), Bo Hatchett (Republican), Billy Hickman (Republican) and 2 others; status failed, last action 2026-03-31 (House Third Readers); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Georgia SB 515
- State: Georgia
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: "Quality Basic Education Act"; grants for educational programs; provisions relative to the teacher recruitment and retention tax credit program; revise
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-02-17
- Last action: 2026-03-31, House Third Readers
- Sponsors: Clint Dixon (Republican), Bo Hatchett (Republican), Billy Hickman (Republican), Elena Parent (Democrat), Chuck Payne (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Education, Finance, General Bill
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 3 (239 yes, 32 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Clint Dixon (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Bo Hatchett (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Billy Hickman (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Elena Parent (Democrat), Senate
- Sponsor: Chuck Payne (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Carmen Rice (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-31 | House | PASSAGE | pass | 158 | 9 | 6 |
| 2026-03-06 | Senate | PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE | pass | 49 | 1 | 3 |
| 2026-03-06 | Senate | MOTION TO ENGROSS: SB 423, SB 515, SB 566, SB 568, SB 573, SR 838 | pass | 32 | 22 | 2 |

## Actions (14)

- 2026-03-31: House Third Readers (House)
- 2026-03-31: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute (House)
- 2026-03-25: House Committee Favorably Reported (House)
- 2026-03-10: House Second Readers (House)
- 2026-03-09: House First Readers (House)
- 2026-03-06: Senate Engrossed (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: Senate Tabled (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: Senate Taken from Table (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: Senate Third Read (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute (Senate)
- 2026-03-04: Senate Read Second Time (Senate)
- 2026-03-03: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
- 2026-02-17: Senate Hopper (Senate)

## Bill text

- LC 44 3572S/hrcs (v7): [PDF](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/248208)

## Related bills

- SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckless stunt driving; replace the forfeiture penalty (signed)
- SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation for certain motor vehicles; provide (signed)
- SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish (signed)
- SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact (signed)
- HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish (signed)
- HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact (signed)

## Sources
- [LC 44 3572S/hrcs (v7) (PDF)](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/248208)

## Related
- [SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckles…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB160-2025-2026)
- [SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB384-2025-2026)
- [SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Servic…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB76-2025-2026)
- [SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB406-2025-2026)
- [HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1391-2025-2026)
- [HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1344-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB515-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).