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Title 20. EDUCATION · Chapter 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION · Article 6. QUALITY BASIC EDUCATION · Part 14. OTHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

20-2-319. Prayers prior to athletic event held on the campus of a private school not to be prohibited.

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

  1. (a)

    No law or regulation of this state shall prohibit or be construed as prohibiting or discouraging a private school from conducting a prayer prior to an athletic event held on the campus of the private school.#

  2. (b)

    No athletic team from any public school in this state shall be prohibited by state law or regulation from participating in an athletic event held on the campus of a private school in this state for the reason that the private school conducts a prayer prior to such athletic event.#

  3. (c)

    No school which receives funding under this article shall participate in, sponsor, or provide coaching staff for interscholastic sports events which are conducted under the authority of, conducted under the rules of, or scheduled by any athletic association which prohibits or discourages a private school from conducting a prayer prior to an athletic event held on the campus of the private school.#

  4. (d)

    As used in this Code section, the term “athletic association” means any association of schools or any other similar organization which acts as an organizing, sanctioning, scheduling, or rule-making body for interscholastic athletic events in which public schools in this state participate.#

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, § 20-2-319, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 658, § 1/HB 678.

Code Commission notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2005, Code Section 20-2-319, as enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 795, § 2, was redesignated as Code Section 20-2-319.1 and Code Section 20-2-319, as enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 1511, § 2, was redesignated as Code Section 20-2-319.2.

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

Text read from t20-ch1-2a-(v17)-2022-pdf.pdf, Volume V17, 2022 edition, pages 499 to 500; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 8daa8948bdb5.