Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 20. EDUCATION · Chapter 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION · Article 16. STUDENTS · Part 2. DISCIPLINE

20-2-739. Conflict management and resolution; cultural diversity training programs.

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

On and after July 1, 2000, the Department of Education shall provide training programs in conflict management and resolution and in cultural diversity for voluntary implementation by local boards of education for school employees, parents and guardians, and students; provided, however, that after July 1, 2022, such training programs shall not advocate for divisive concepts, as such term is defined in Code Section 20-1-11.

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, § 20-2-739, enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 438, § 4; Ga. L. 2022, p. 136, § 1-4/HB 1084. The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, added the proviso at the end of this Code section.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2022, p. 136, § 1-1/HB 1084, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Protect Students First Act.’”

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