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GA HB822
Bill
Status
Introduced
3/23/2023
Primary Sponsor
Kasey Carpenter
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AI Summary
- Requires all sex education and HIV prevention courses in Georgia public schools to be "age-appropriate" and "medically accurate," defined as based on sound scientific evidence, accepted medical knowledge, and supported by reputable medical authorities and clinical evidence
- Adds instruction on personal boundaries and responsibility in relationships to the required curriculum standards, alongside existing topics such as peer pressure, self-esteem, community values, and legal consequences of parenthood
- Mandates that all curricula emphasize sexual abstinence as the best method of optimizing student health, characterizing it as the only completely reliable method of avoiding pregnancy, STDs (including HIV), and other physical, mental, and emotional harms from underage sexual activity
- Updates implementation deadlines, requiring the State Board of Education to have the revised minimum course of study ready by August 1, 2024, and local boards to implement it by July 1, 2025, with noncompliant districts ineligible for state funding
- Retains the existing parental opt-out right, allowing parents or legal guardians to elect in writing that their child not receive the sex education course of study
Legislative Description
Quality Basic Education Act; prescribed course of study in sex education and HIV prevention is age appropriate and medically accurate; provide
Last Action
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2/22/2024
Committee Referrals
Education3/27/2023
Full Bill Text
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