Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 20. EDUCATION · Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS · Article 4. COUNCIL ON LITERACY

20-1-40. Definitions.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Effective until December 31, 2030.In force today: Effective until December 31, 2030.

As used in this article, the term:
(1)
“Council” means the Georgia Council on Literacy established under this article.#
(2)
“Evidence based literacy instruction methods and curricula” means instructional materials, instructional practices, and curricula that are scientifically based, including oral language development, phonological awareness, and phonics instruction that includes decoding and encoding, fluency, writing, vocabulary, reading, and comprehension. Instructional materials that feature or promote the use of the three-cueing system, as such term is defined in Code Section 20-2-153.1, shall not constitute high-quality instructional materials.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 20-1-40, enacted by Ga. L. 2023, p. 16, § 2/SB 211, effective July 1, 2023; Ga. L. 2025, p. 74, § 2-1/HB 307, effective April 28, 2025.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective April 28, 2025, in paragraph (2), deleted “reading instruction, or multisensory language instruction” following “scientifically based” in the first sentence and added the second sentence.

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