HB908: HB908 Education; prohibit a public school, private school, or home school program from requiring a child who has completed all requirements for a high school diploma to take or attend classes for any additional course

25 LC 60 0176 House Bill 908 By: Representative Smith of the 41st A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Subpart 2 of Part 1 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of1 Georgia Annotated, relating to compulsory attendance in element ary and secondary2 education, so as to prohibit a public school, private school, o r home school program from3 requiring a child who has successfully completed all requirements for a high school diploma4 to take or attend classes for any additional course; to provide for related matters; to repeal5 conflicting laws; and for other purposes.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:7 SECTION 1.8 Subpart 2 of Part 1 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of t he Official Code of Georgia9 Annotated, relating to compulsory attendance in elementary and secondary education, is10 amended in Code Section 20-2-690.1, relating to mandatory education for children between11 ages six and 16, by revising subsection (a) as follows:12 "(a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2) of this s ubsection, mandatory 13 Mandatory attendance in a public school, private school, or home school program shall14 be required for children between their sixth and sixteenth birthdays. 15 H. B. 908 - 1 - 25 LC 60 0176 (2) Mandatory Such mandatory attendance shall not be required where the child has for16 children between their sixth and sixteenth birthdays who have successfully completed all17 requirements for a high school diploma. No child who is in his or her final semester of18 high school shall be required to take or attend classes for any course or courses beyond19 the minimum coursework necessary for a high school diploma."20 SECTION 2.21 All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.22 H. B. 908 - 2 -