Georgia Code
Part 2 - Competencies and Core Curriculum
§ 20-2-142. Prescribed Courses

History. Code 1981, § 20-2-142 , enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1657, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 1169, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1972, § 2; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 20; Ga. L. 1996, p. 6, § 20; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1600, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 618, § 13; Ga. L. 2001, p. 4, § 20; Ga. L. 2004, p. 107, § 2; Ga. L. 2005, p. 60, § 20/HB 95; Ga. L. 2005, p. 334, § 9-1/HB 501; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-4/HB 228; Ga. L. 2010, p. 413, § 1/SB 518; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 6-3/HB 214; Ga. L. 2012, p. 72, § 1/SB 236; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1376, § 6/HB 502; Ga. L. 2021, p. 101, § 1/HB 287.
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, deleted “in its quality core curriculum” following “State Board of Education” at the end of paragraph (a)(1).
The 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, designated the existing provisions of subsection (c) as paragraph (c)(1), inserted “vapor products,” near the end of the second sentence in paragraph (c)(1), and added paragraph (c)(2).
Cross references.
Possession of alcoholic beverages on public school grounds, § 3-3-21.1 .
Sale of alcoholic beverages by or to individuals under age 21, § 3-3-23 et seq.
Referral to victim assistance organizations of child suspected of being a victim of sexual exploitation or trafficking, § 15-11-130.1 .
Trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude, § 16-5-46 .
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2000, p. 618, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘A Plus Education Reform Act of 2000.’”
Administrative rules and regulations.
Instruction in United States and Georgia history and government, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Department of Education, Division of General Instruction, Sec. 160-4-2-.07.
Law reviews.
For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 147 (2011).

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