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| 1 | - | 25 LC 62 0116S | |
| 2 | - | The House Committee on Education offers the following substitute to HB 198: | |
| 1 | + | 25 LC 62 0055 | |
| 2 | + | House Bill 198 | |
| 3 | + | By: Representatives Chastain of the 7 | |
| 4 | + | th | |
| 5 | + | , Efstration of the 104 | |
| 6 | + | th | |
| 7 | + | , Erwin of the 32 | |
| 8 | + | nd | |
| 9 | + | , Jasperse | |
| 10 | + | of the 11 | |
| 11 | + | th | |
| 12 | + | , Gunter of the 8 | |
| 13 | + | th | |
| 14 | + | , and others | |
| 3 | 15 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 4 | 16 | AN ACT | |
| 5 | - | To amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to1 | |
| 6 | - | elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for the use of local school system2 | |
| 7 | - | facilities by certain youth groups; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters;3 | |
| 8 | - | to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.4 | |
| 17 | + | To amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to | |
| 18 | + | 1 | |
| 19 | + | elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for the use of school facilities by2 | |
| 20 | + | certain youth groups; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal3 | |
| 21 | + | conflicting laws; and for other purposes.4 | |
| 9 | 22 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:5 | |
| 10 | 23 | SECTION 1.6 | |
| 11 | 24 | Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and7 | |
| 12 | 25 | secondary education, is amended by revising Code Section 20-2-12, which is reserved, as8 | |
| 13 | 26 | follows:9 | |
| 14 | 27 | "20-2-12.10 | |
| 15 | - | (a) As used in this Code section, the term 'patriotic society' means a youth group listed in11 | |
| 28 | + | (a) As used in this Code section, the term 'patriotic society' means a youth group listed in | |
| 29 | + | 11 | |
| 16 | 30 | Title 36 of the United States Code as a patriotic society, including the Boy Scouts of12 | |
| 17 | 31 | America and its affiliated Georgia groups and councils and the Girl Scouts of the United13 | |
| 18 | 32 | States of America and its affiliated Georgia groups and councils.14 | |
| 19 | 33 | (b) To encourage schools to facilitate access for students to participate in activities15 | |
| 20 | - | provided by a patriotic society for the purposes of encouraging civic education, each local16 | |
| 21 | - | H. B. 198 (SUB) | |
| 22 | - | - 1 - 25 LC 62 0116S | |
| 23 | - | school system that uses state funds to implement programs pursuant to this chapter shall17 | |
| 24 | - | not prohibit the use of such local school system's facilities by a patriotic society. When a18 | |
| 25 | - | local school system denies a patriotic society access to a facility of such system, the19 | |
| 26 | - | principal of the school where such facility is located shall provide in writing reasons for20 | |
| 27 | - | the denial to a requesting entity. Reserved."21 | |
| 28 | - | SECTION 2.22 | |
| 29 | - | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.23 | |
| 30 | - | H. B. 198 (SUB) | |
| 34 | + | provided by a patriotic society for the purposes of encouraging civic education, each school16 | |
| 35 | + | H. B. 198 | |
| 36 | + | - 1 - 25 LC 62 0055 | |
| 37 | + | principal that uses state funds to implement programs pursuant to this chapter shall not17 | |
| 38 | + | prohibit the use of school facilities to a patriotic society. When a school principal denies18 | |
| 39 | + | access to a patriotic society, such school principal shall provide in writing reasons for the19 | |
| 40 | + | denial to a requesting entity. Reserved."20 | |
| 41 | + | SECTION 2.21 | |
| 42 | + | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.22 | |
| 43 | + | H. B. 198 | |
| 31 | 44 | - 2 - |