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title: O.C.G.A. § 20-2-310. Student directory information; registering to vote and with Selective Service System; Pledge of Allegiance.
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# O.C.G.A. § 20-2-310. Student directory information; registering to vote and with Selective Service System; Pledge of Allegiance.

(a) Any local school system or public school at the secondary level which provides access to school property or to student directory information to persons or groups which make students aware of occupational or educational options shall provide access to school property and student directory information on at least the same basis to official recruiting representatives of the military forces of the state and the United States for the purpose of informing students of educational and career opportunities available in the military.

(b) No local school system, public school, or any person acting on behalf of a local school system or public school shall disclose or otherwise provide access to student directory information to any candidate or campaign committee, as such terms are defined in Code Section 21-5-3, any political action committee or political organization, as such terms are defined in Code Section 21-5-30.2, or any person or group acting on behalf of such candidate, campaign committee, political action committee, or political organization.

(c) Each eligible student in the public schools of this state shall be apprised of his or her right to register as an elector and to vote in elections and of any obligation to register with the Selective Service System. Each eligible student shall be given an opportunity, arranged by the school administration, to register to vote at his or her school during the month of April of each year. An excused absence of a student to register or vote, at the discretion of the local unit of administration, shall not exceed one school day.

(d) Each person who, while located on public school property in this state apprises one or more public school students of their:

(1) Right to register as an elector and to vote in elections and who arranges for or assists one or more public school students to register to vote; or

(2) Obligation to register with the Selective Service System and who arranges for or assists one or more public school students with such registration;

shall attest in writing that he or she will not provide any student directory information to any candidate or campaign committee, as such terms are defined in Code Section 21-5-3, any political action committee or political organization, as such terms are defined in Code Section 21-5-30.2, or any person or group acting on behalf of such candidate, campaign committee, political action committee, or political organization. The requirements of this subsection shall not apply to a public school administrator, teacher, or other school personnel while engaged in the performance of official duties, or to persons on public school property to attend or participate in an event that is open to the general public.

(e)(1) Each student in the public schools of this state shall be afforded the opportunity to recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America during each school day. It shall be the duty of each local board of education to establish a policy setting the time and manner for recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. Such policy shall be established in writing and shall be distributed to each teacher within the school.

(2) The State School Superintendent shall prepare for the use of the public schools of this state a program of instruction, subject to the approval of the State Board of Education, in the correct use and display of the flag of the United States of America which shall include, as a minimum, specific instruction regarding respect for such flag and its display and use as provided by federal law and regulation, and under such regulations and instructions as may best meet the varied requirements of the different grades in such schools. However, such instruction shall include, as a minimum, the provisions of 36 U.S.C. Sections 170 through 177.

(f) The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and regulations to carry out this Code section.

## History

Code 1981, §§ 20-2-302 — 20-2-304, as enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1657, § 1; Code 1981, § 20-2-310, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1987, p. 1169, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 446, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 743, § 1; Ga. L. 2025, p. 877, § 1/SB 212, effective May 14, 2025.

## Cross References

Organization of political events on school property, § 21-5-16.

## Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective May 14, 2025, in subsection (a), substituted “school property” for “the campus” twice and inserted “local school system or” at the beginning; added subsection (b), redesignated former subsection (b) as present subsection (c), and deleted the third sentence of subsection (c), added subsection (d); redesignated former subsection (c) as present subsection (e); and added subsection (f).