The State Board of Education shall establish uniformly sequenced content standards that each student is expected to master prior to completion of the student’s public school education. The state board shall adopt content standards for students in kindergarten through grade 12. Each local unit of administration may expand and enrich the content standards to the […]
The State Board of Education shall establish rules and regulations to maximize the number of students, beginning with students entering ninth grade in the 2014-2015 school year, who complete prior to graduation at least one course containing online learning. This shall be met through an online course offered by the Georgia Virtual School established pursuant […]
The State Board of Education shall establish at least once every four years a review of the adopted competencies and uniformly sequenced core curriculum by a task force broadly representative of educational interests and the concerned public. After considering the findings and recommendations of the task force, the state board shall make such changes in […]
All elementary and secondary schools which receive in any manner funds from the state shall provide the following course offerings in the manner and at the grade level prescribed by the State Board of Education: A course of study in the background, history, and development of the federal and state governments and a study of […]
The General Assembly finds that the survival of the Republic requires that the nation’s children, who are the future guardians of its heritage and participants in its governance, have a clear understanding of the founding philosophy and the founding principles of our government, which are found in the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, […]
Each local board of education shall prescribe a course of study in sex education and AIDS prevention instruction for such grades and grade levels in the public school system as shall be determined by the State Board of Education. Such course of study shall implement either the minimum course of study provided for in subsection […]
Each local board of education shall prescribe mandatory instruction concerning alcohol, tobacco, vapor products, and other drug use in every year in every grade from kindergarten through grade 12 as shall be determined by the State Board of Education. Such course of study shall implement the minimum course of study provided for in subsection (b) […]
The State Board of Education shall develop by the start of the 1997-1998 school year a comprehensive character education program for levels K-12. This comprehensive character education program shall be known as the “character curriculum” and shall focus on the students’ development of the following character traits: courage, patriotism, citizenship, honesty, fairness, respect for others, […]
The State Board of Education shall prescribe a minimum course of study in career education for students in grades six through 12. Such minimum course of study shall be age appropriate and shall include, but not be limited to, career exploration and career oriented learning experiences. Career oriented learning experiences shall include, but not be […]
All schools with grade ten or above may make available to eligible students a Scholastic Assessment Test preparatory course. Such course of study shall be designed to offer an opportunity for review and practice to students preparing to take the Scholastic Assessment Test. The course may be offered periodically in the manner prescribed by the […]
On a school day immediately preceding or as close to the annual observance of Veterans Day as practicable as determined by a school’s scheduled curriculum, each elementary and secondary school may provide for instructional activity focusing on the contributions of veterans and the importance of the armed forces of the United States. Beginning in the […]
All public schools with grade nine or above may make available to eligible students in grades nine through 12 an elective course: In the History and Literature of the Old Testament Era; In the History and Literature of the New Testament Era; On the Hebrew Scriptures, Old Testament of the Bible; On the New Testament […]
The Department of Education shall develop a model program for educating students regarding online safety while using the Internet, taking into consideration educational materials on this topic developed by other states as well as any other materials suggested by education experts, child psychologists, and technology companies that promote child online safety issues. Each local board […]
This Code section shall be known and may be cited as the “Cory Joseph Wilson Act.” As used in this Code section, the term “psychomotor skills” means skills using hands-on practice to support cognitive learning. Beginning in the 2013-2014 school year, each local board of education which operates a school with grades nine through 12 […]
A local board of education may award a high school diploma to a student enrolled in coursework pursuant to Code Section 20-2-161.3 who: Completes rigorous coursework at a postsecondary institution which meets the requirements in paragraph (7) of Code Section 20-3-519; Has completed at least the following state required ninth and tenth grade level high […]
The General Assembly finds that: Education in computer science is a critical need for the students of Georgia for the twenty-first century; Less than 0.5 percent of high school graduates have taken a computer science course; There are thousands of unfulfilled computer science jobs in the state; and The logical thinking skills taught by computer […]
The State Board of Education shall adopt content standards for a minimum course of instruction in financial literacy to be completed by students in eleventh or twelfth grade. Beginning in the 2024-2025 school year, each local board of education shall require all students, as a condition of graduation, during their eleventh or twelfth grade years […]
