HB1411: HB1411 Quality Basic Education Act; include domestic violence prevention in the existing program for teen dating violence prevention for students

Georgia law already directs the State Board of Education to develop a rape prevention and personal safety education program, along with a teen dating violence prevention program for students in grades eight through 12, under the Quality Basic Education Act (O.C.G.A. § 20-2-314). This bill would broaden that teen dating violence program so it also addresses domestic violence prevention more generally. The State Board of Education would continue to develop these programs with input from experts such as rape crisis centers and family violence shelters, keeping them consistent with existing state content standards. Local school boards would still decide when and at what grade levels to implement the programs, and the state board would keep encouraging their use and sharing information about them with the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. The bill repeals any conflicting laws but does not include a separate stated effective date.

• Adds domestic violence prevention to the existing teen dating violence prevention program the State Board of Education must develop for students in grades eight through 12.
• Keeps the requirement that the State Board of Education consult experts like rape crisis centers and family violence shelters when developing the program.
• Leaves local school boards in charge of deciding when and for which grade levels to actually implement the program.
• Continues requiring the state board to encourage implementation and share program information with the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.

Middle and high school students in grades eight through 12, local school boards that choose when and how to implement the programs, the State Board of Education, which must develop the expanded program, and organizations like rape crisis centers and family violence shelters that provide input.

Georgia students in grades eight through 12 could receive lessons that address domestic violence alongside teen dating violence, broadening what schools may teach on interpersonal violence, though local boards still control whether and when to roll out the program in classrooms.

• Section 1 amends O.C.G.A. § 20-2-314 to direct the State Board of Education to develop a combined program for preventing domestic violence and teen dating violence for grades eight through 12, alongside the existing rape prevention and personal safety education program.
• The revised law keeps the requirement that the state board seek input from experts such as rape crisis centers and family violence shelters, and keep the program consistent with existing content standards under O.C.G.A. § 20-2-140.
• The bill preserves local school boards' authority to implement the programs at any time and grade level they find appropriate, and keeps the state board's role in encouraging adoption and informing the Board of Regents.
• Section 2 repeals any conflicting laws, a standard clause with no substantive effect beyond this bill's own changes.

1. 2026-02-25House Second Readers (House)
2. 2026-02-24House First Readers (House)
3. 2026-02-20House Hopper (House)

• Lydia Glaize (D, HD-067)Primary sponsor
• Yasmin Neal (D, HD-079)
• Chris Erwin (R, HD-032)
• Leesa Hagan (R, HD-156)
• Ron Stephens (R, HD-164)
• Stacey Evans (D, HD-057)

• domestic violence prevention
• teen dating violence
• school health education
• Quality Basic Education Act