| 6 | | - | To amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated,1 |
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| 7 | | - | relating to general provisions relative to education, so as to provide that local education2 |
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| 8 | | - | agencies and postsecondary institutions shall not promote, support, or maintain any programs3 |
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| 9 | | - | or activities that advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion; to provide for exceptions; to4 |
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| 10 | | - | provide for sanctions; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for5 |
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| 11 | | - | an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.6 |
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| 12 | | - | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:7 |
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| 13 | | - | SECTION 1.8 |
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| 14 | | - | Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to9 |
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| 15 | | - | general provisions relative to education, is amended by adding a new Code section to read10 |
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| 16 | | - | as follows:11 |
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| 17 | | - | "20-1-12.12 |
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| 18 | | - | (a) As used in this Code section, the term:13 |
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| 19 | | - | (1) 'Local education agency' shall have the same meaning as set forth in Code14 |
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| 20 | | - | Section 20-2-167.1.15 |
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| 21 | | - | - 1 - 25 LC 61 0259S |
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| 22 | | - | (2) 'Multiple occupancy restroom or changing area' means an area in a facility owned or16 |
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| 23 | | - | operated by a local education agency or a postsecondary institution that is designed or17 |
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| 24 | | - | designated to be used by one or more individuals of the same sex at the same time and18 |
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| 25 | | - | in which one or more individuals may be in various stages of undress in the presence of19 |
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| 26 | | - | other individuals. Such term includes, but shall not be limited to:20 |
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| 27 | | - | (A) Restrooms;21 |
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| 28 | | - | (B) Locker rooms;22 |
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| 29 | | - | (C) Changing rooms; and23 |
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| 30 | | - | (D) Shower rooms.24 |
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| 31 | | - | (3) 'Postsecondary institution' means:25 |
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| 32 | | - | (A) An institution of the University System of Georgia; or26 |
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| 33 | | - | (B) A unit of the Technical College System of Georgia.27 |
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| 34 | | - | (b) No local education agency or postsecondary institution shall promote, support, or28 |
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| 35 | | - | maintain any programs or activities that advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion. 29 |
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| 36 | | - | Diversity, equity, and inclusion includes:30 |
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| 37 | | - | (1) Any effort to promote the different treatment of, or provide special benefits to,31 |
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| 38 | | - | individuals on the basis of race, color, sex, ethnicity, national origin, gender identity, or32 |
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| 39 | | - | sexual orientation;33 |
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| 40 | | - | (2) Any effort to promote or promulgate policies and procedures designed or34 |
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| 41 | | - | implemented with reference to race, color, sex, ethnicity, national origin, gender identity,35 |
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| 42 | | - | or sexual orientation;36 |
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| 43 | | - | (3) Any effort to promote or promulgate any training, programming, recruitment,37 |
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| 44 | | - | retention, or activities designed or implemented with preferential treatment of any race,38 |
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| 45 | | - | color, sex, ethnicity, national origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation over another;39 |
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| 46 | | - | (4) Any effort to promote or promulgate any training, programming, or activities40 |
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| 47 | | - | designed or implemented with reference to race, color, ethnicity, gender identity, or41 |
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| 48 | | - | sexual orientation; and42 |
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| 50 | | - | (5) With respect to a postsecondary institution, any effort to promote, as the official43 |
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| 51 | | - | position of the postsecondary institution, a particular, widely contested opinion44 |
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| 52 | | - | referencing unconscious or implicit bias, cultural appropriation, allyship, gender ideology45 |
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| 53 | | - | or theory, microaggressions, group marginalization, Antiracism, systemic oppression,46 |
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| 54 | | - | social justice, intersectionality, neopronouns, heteronormativity, disparate impact, racial47 |
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| 55 | | - | privilege, sexual privilege, or any similar or related formulation of these concepts.48 |
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| 56 | | - | (c) The provisions of subsection (b) of this Code section shall not apply to any policy, rule,49 |
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| 57 | | - | regulation, or practice adopted or enforced by a local education agency or postsecondary50 |
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| 58 | | - | institution relating to an interscholastic or intercollegiate athletics program or to the design,51 |
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| 59 | | - | designation, or use of a multiple occupancy restroom or changing area.52 |
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| 60 | | - | (d) Any postsecondary institution that violates subsection (b) of this Code section shall be53 |
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| 61 | | - | subject to the withholding of state funding or state administered federal funding. Such54 |
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| 62 | | - | withholding of state funding or state administered federal funding shall include funds55 |
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| 63 | | - | provided to the postsecondary institution directly as well as funding for scholarships, loans,56 |
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| 64 | | - | and grants pursuant to Chapter 3 of this title for students of such postsecondary institution.57 |
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| 65 | | - | (e) The State Board of Education shall be authorized to withhold a portion of state funding58 |
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| 66 | | - | to a local education agency pursuant to Code Section 20-2-243 if such local education59 |
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| 67 | | - | agency violates subsection (b) of this Code section.60 |
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| 68 | | - | (f) This Code section shall not be subject to waiver pursuant to Code Section 20-2-82 for61 |
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| 69 | | - | a strategic waivers school system, Code Section 20-2-2063.2 or 20-2-2065 for a charter62 |
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| 70 | | - | system, Code Section 20-2-2065 for a charter school, Code Section 20-2-2096.3 for a63 |
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| 71 | | - | completion special school, or Code Section 20-2-244.64 |
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| 72 | | - | (g) Nothing in this Code section shall be construed so as to prohibit compliance with any65 |
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| 73 | | - | applicable state or federal antidiscrimination law."66 |
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| 75 | | - | SECTION 2.67 |
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| 76 | | - | This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2025, and shall apply beginning with the68 |
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| 77 | | - | 2025-2026 school year with respect to local education agencies and the 2025-2026 academic69 |
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| 78 | | - | year with respect to postsecondary institutions.70 |
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| 79 | | - | SECTION 3.71 |
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| 80 | | - | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.72 |
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| 17 | + | To amend Part 4 of Article 17 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia |
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| 18 | + | 1 |
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| 19 | + | Annotated, relating to sick, personal, and maternity leave for teachers and other school2 |
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| 20 | + | personnel, so as to increase from three to five the number of accumulated sick leave days3 |
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| 21 | + | teachers and other school personnel may take each school year for personal or professional4 |
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| 22 | + | reasons; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.5 |
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| 23 | + | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:6 |
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| 24 | + | SECTION 1.7 |
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| 25 | + | Part 4 of Article 17 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated,8 |
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| 26 | + | relating to sick, personal, and maternity leave for teachers and other school personnel, is9 |
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| 27 | + | amended by revising Code Section 20-2-851, relating to use of accumulated sick leave for10 |
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| 28 | + | personal or professional reasons, as follows:11 |
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| 29 | + | "20-2-851.12 |
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| 30 | + | During any school year, personnel may utilize up to a maximum of three |
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| 31 | + | five days of any13 |
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| 32 | + | accumulated sick leave for the purpose of absenting themselves from their duties for14 |
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| 33 | + | personal or professional reasons if prior approval of their absence is given by the local15 |
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| 34 | + | school superintendent or his or her authorized representative; provided, however, that the16 |
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| 35 | + | H. B. 127 |
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| 36 | + | - 1 - 25 LC 49 2020 |
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| 37 | + | absence is not in conflict with a local board of education policy concerning school days on |
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| 38 | + | 17 |
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| 39 | + | which the presence of the personnel requesting absence is essential for effective school18 |
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| 40 | + | operation. No grant of approval for an absence permitted under this Code section shall be19 |
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| 41 | + | conditioned upon disclosure of the specific purpose for which such absence is sought, nor20 |
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| 42 | + | shall any such grant of approval be withheld or denied because of the failure or refusal of21 |
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| 43 | + | personnel to disclose the specific purpose for which such an absence is sought; provided,22 |
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| 44 | + | however, that personnel may be requested to state whether the absence is sought under the23 |
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| 45 | + | category of 'personal' or 'professional' absence."24 |
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| 46 | + | SECTION 2.25 |
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| 47 | + | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.26 |
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| 48 | + | H. B. 127 |
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| 49 | + | - 2 - |
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