HB 1411: 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 (O.C.G.A. § 20-2-314). This bill rewrites that section so the program also addresses domestic violence prevention, not just teen dating violence. The State Board of Education would still develop the program with input from experts such as rape crisis centers and family violence shelters, and it would still have to align with the state's existing content standards. Local school boards would keep the choice to implement the program at any grade level they find appropriate, and the state board would continue encouraging its use and sharing program information with the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. The bill does not set an effective date beyond standard enactment, and it repeals any conflicting laws.

• Adds domestic violence prevention to the existing state program for teen dating violence prevention covering grades eight through 12.
• Keeps the requirement that the State Board of Education develop the program with input from experts like rape crisis centers and family violence shelters.
• Leaves it up to local school boards whether and at what grade level to actually implement the program.
• Continues the requirement that the state board share information about the program with the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.

Middle and high school students in grades eight through 12, local school boards deciding whether to implement the program, the State Board of Education, rape crisis centers and family violence shelters that provide input, and the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, which receives program information.

If enacted, Georgia schools that choose to adopt this program would teach students about domestic violence alongside teen dating violence, potentially broadening awareness among middle and high schoolers, though local boards still control whether and when to use it.

• Section 1 rewrites O.C.G.A. § 20-2-314 to direct the State Board of Education to develop a program addressing both domestic violence and teen dating violence prevention for grades eight through 12.
• Section 1 preserves the requirement that the program be developed with input from experts such as rape crisis centers and family violence shelters.
• Section 1 keeps local boards' discretion to implement the program at any grade level they find appropriate.
• Section 1 retains the requirement that the state board share program information with the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
• Section 2 repeals any laws that conflict with the bill.

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

• Lydia Glaize (D, HD-067)Patrocinador principal
• 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 safety
• Quality Basic Education Act
• student education programs