Georgia Code
Part 2 - Competencies and Core Curriculum
§ 20-2-149.3. Requirements for Computer Science Education

(A) Each local school system shall provide that at least one high school in its school system offer a course in computer science;
(B) Each local school system shall provide that all middle schools in its school system offer instruction in exploratory computer science;
History. Code 1981, § 20-2-149.3 , enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 330, § 1/SB 108; Ga. L. 2020, p. 493, § 20/SB 429.
The 2020 amendment, effective July 29, 2020, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “graduates have taken” for “graduates take” in paragraph (a)(2); in paragraph (b)(2), substituted “stand-alone implementations or by being embedded” for “standalone implementations or embedded” and substituted “than by simply” for “than simply”; and substituted “offer a course” for “offers a course” in subparagraph (c)(1)(A).

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