Georgia Code
Part 14 - Other Educational Programs
§ 20-2-314. Development of Rape Prevention, Personal Safety Education, and Teen Dating Violence Prevention Programs

The State Board of Education shall develop, with input from appropriate experts, such as rape crisis centers and family violence shelters, a rape prevention and personal safety education program and a program for preventing teen dating violence for grade eight through grade 12 which are consistent with the content standards provided for in Code Section 20-2-140. Local boards may implement such programs at any time and for any grade level local boards find appropriate, and the state board shall encourage the implementation of such programs. In addition, the state board shall make information regarding such programs available to the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
History. Code 1981, § 20-2-314 , enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 163, § 1; Ga. L. 2003, p. 915, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1376, § 27/HB 502.
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, substituted “content standards” for “core curriculum” near the end of the first sentence.
Cross references.
Rape, § 16-6-1 .
Information for victims of rape or forcible sodomy, § 17-18-2 .
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2000, Code Sections 20-2-314 and 20-2-315, as enacted by Ga.L. 2000, p. 1129, § 2, were redesignated as Code Sections 20-2-315 and 20-2-316, respectively.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2000, “eight” was substituted for “8” near the middle of the first sentence.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2003, a comma was deleted following “crisis centers” in the first sentence.
Law reviews.
For survey article on education law for the period from June 1, 2002 through May 31, 2003, see 55 Mercer L. Rev. 237 (2003).
For article, “The Georgia Roundtable Discussion Model: Another Way to Approach Reforming Rape Laws,” see 20 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 565 (2004).

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