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GA SB343

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/31/2020

Primary Sponsor

Lester Jackson

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Origin

Senate

2019-2020 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Raises Georgia's mandatory school attendance age from 16 to 17, requiring children to remain enrolled in a public school, private school, or home school program until their seventeenth birthday
  • Amends Code Section 20-2-690.1 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated
  • Maintains the existing exemption allowing children who have successfully completed all requirements for a high school diploma to be excused from mandatory attendance regardless of age
  • Sponsored by Senators Jackson of the 2nd and Jones of the 10th

Legislative Description

Education; mandatory education for children from 16 to 17; raise age

Last Action

Senate Read and Referred

2/3/2020

Full Bill Text

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