Georgia Code
Part 2 - Competencies and Core Curriculum
§ 20-2-143. Sex Education and Aids Prevention Instruction; Implementation; Student Exemption

History. Code 1981, § 20-2-143 , enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 868, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 600, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-4/HB 228; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 6-3/HB 214; Ga. L. 2018, p. 747, § 2A/SB 401; Ga. L. 2019, p. 1056, § 20/SB 52.
The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, added the fourth sentence of subsection (b).
The 2019 amendment, effective May 12, 2019, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “grade nine” for “grade 9” at the end of the fourth sentence of subsection (b).
Law reviews.
For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 147 (2011).

Structure Georgia Code

Georgia Code

Title 20 - Education

Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education

Article 6 - Quality Basic Education

Part 2 - Competencies and Core Curriculum

§ 20-2-140. State Board of Education to Establish Uniformly Sequenced Content Standards; College and Career Readiness Competency Standards

§ 20-2-140.1. Online Learning

§ 20-2-141. Review of Competencies and Core Curriculum

§ 20-2-142. Prescribed Courses

§ 20-2-142.1. Coursework in the Founding Philosophy and Principles of the United States of America

§ 20-2-143. Sex Education and Aids Prevention Instruction; Implementation; Student Exemption

§ 20-2-144. Mandatory Instruction Concerning Alcohol, Tobacco, Vapor Products, and Other Drug Use

§ 20-2-145. Comprehensive Character Education Program

§ 20-2-145.1. Career Education

§ 20-2-146. Scholastic Assessment Test Preparatory Course; Acceptance as Elective Credit

§ 20-2-147. Instructional Activities Focusing on Veterans and the Armed Forces; Closure of Schools for Veterans Day

§ 20-2-148. Elective Course in History and Literature of the Old and New Testaments; Religious Neutrality

§ 20-2-149. Program for Educating Students Regarding Online Internet Safety

§ 20-2-149.1. Instruction in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Use of Automated External Defibrillator; Requirements

§ 20-2-149.2. Awarding of High School Diploma for Completion of Postsecondary Programs; Identification of Critical Needs Fields of Study

§ 20-2-149.3. Requirements for Computer Science Education

§ 20-2-149.4. Financial Literacy Instruction and Curriculum