| 1 | 1 | | 25 LC 60 0176 |
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| 2 | 2 | | House Bill 908 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By: Representative Smith of the 41 |
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| 6 | 6 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | To amend Subpart 2 of Part 1 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of |
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| 10 | 10 | | Georgia Annotated, relating to compulsory attendance in elementary and secondary2 |
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| 11 | 11 | | education, so as to prohibit a public school, private school, or home school program from3 |
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| 12 | 12 | | requiring a child who has successfully completed all requirements for a high school diploma4 |
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| 13 | 13 | | to take or attend classes for any additional course; to provide for related matters; to repeal5 |
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| 14 | 14 | | conflicting laws; and for other purposes.6 |
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| 15 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:7 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 1.8 |
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| 17 | 17 | | Subpart 2 of Part 1 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia9 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Annotated, relating to compulsory attendance in elementary and secondary education, is10 |
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| 19 | 19 | | amended in Code Section 20-2-690.1, relating to mandatory education for children between11 |
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| 20 | 20 | | ages six and 16, by revising subsection (a) as follows:12 |
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| 21 | 21 | | "(a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, mandatory |
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| 22 | 22 | | 13 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Mandatory attendance in a public school, private school, or home school program shall14 |
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| 24 | 24 | | be required for children between their sixth and sixteenth birthdays. 15 |
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| 25 | 25 | | H. B. 908 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2) Mandatory Such mandatory attendance shall not be required where the child has for16 |
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| 28 | 28 | | children between their sixth and sixteenth birthdays who have successfully completed all17 |
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| 29 | 29 | | requirements for a high school diploma. No child who is in his or her final semester of18 |
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| 30 | 30 | | high school shall be required to take or attend classes for any course or courses beyond19 |
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| 31 | 31 | | the minimum coursework necessary for a high school diploma."20 |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 2.21 |
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| 33 | 33 | | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.22 |
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| 34 | 34 | | H. B. 908 |
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