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GA HB762
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/29/2018
Primary Sponsor
Wesley Cantrell
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AI Summary
- Requires annual age-appropriate sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention education for students in kindergarten through grade 9, added to the existing state-prescribed minimum course of study in sex education and AIDS prevention
- Allows certification renewal requirements for professional personnel to include participating in or presenting at in-service training programs on sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention
- Mandates that local school systems include in-service training on sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention specifically for professional personnel who will be teaching the new curriculum
- Retains the existing parental opt-out right, allowing parents or legal guardians to elect in writing that their child not receive the course of study
- Amends Georgia's Quality Basic Education Act (Article 6, Chapter 2, Title 20 of the O.C.G.A.), with course materials to be prepared or approved by the State School Superintendent in cooperation with the Department of Public Health and the State Board of Education
Legislative Description
Quality Basic Education Act; sexual abuse and assault awareness education in kindergarten through grade 9; provide
Last Action
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2/15/2018
Full Bill Text
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