Bill Text: GA HB1018 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Quality Basic Education Act; Love Is Not Abuse Curriculum; incorporate
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-01 - House Second Readers [HB1018 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-HB1018-Introduced.html
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House
Bill 1018
By:
Representatives Beasley-Teague of the
65th,
Dawkins-Haigler of the
93rd,
Mangham of the
94th,
Frazier of the
123rd,
and Mosby of the
90th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Part 14 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to other educational programs relative to the
"Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide that the State Board of
Education shall incorporate into rape prevention and personal safety education
programs a program for preventing teen dating violence, the Love Is Not Abuse
Curriculum; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
WHEREAS,
since 2004, Liz Claiborne has been a major supporter of intimate partner
violence education and has been providing resources to teachers and students on
teen dating abuse and violence awareness and prevention; and
WHEREAS,
through its "Love is Not Abuse" campaign, Liz Claiborne provides information and
tools that men, women, children, and teens can use to learn about the issue of
domestic violence and ways to help end the epidemic; and
WHEREAS,
the Love Is Not Abuse Curriculum is a step-by-step guide to teaching high school
students about the issue of dating violence; using literature and poetry, this
program provides teachers with the tools to teach about this sensitive subject
and is intended to be taught in either Health or English/Language Arts classes;
and
WHEREAS,
our goals are to distribute this curriculum across all U.S. states and
territories and educate as many teenagers on this issue as possible; with the
help of the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, Inc., a nonprofit
national career and technical student organization for young men and women in
family and consumer sciences education in public and private schools through
grade 12, and other partners, over 1,400 schools across 50 states and the
District of Columbia will have taught the curriculum by February, 2009; and
WHEREAS, as of February, 2009, 76 Georgia schools offered the Love Is Not Abuse Curriculum.
WHEREAS, as of February, 2009, 76 Georgia schools offered the Love Is Not Abuse Curriculum.
SECTION
2.
Part
14 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to other educational programs relative to the "Quality Basic
Education Act," is amended by revising Code Section 20-2-314, relating to
development of rape prevention, personal safety education, and teen dating
violence prevention programs, as follows:
"20-2-314.
The
State Board of Education shall develop, with input from appropriate experts,
such as rape crisis centers and family violence shelters, a rape prevention and
personal safety education program and a program for preventing teen dating
violence for grade eight through grade 12 which are consistent with the core
curriculum provided for in Code Section 20-2-140.
The State
Board of Education shall incorporate into such programs the Love Is Not Abuse
Curriculum. Local boards may implement
such programs at any time and for any grade level local boards find appropriate,
and the state board shall encourage the implementation of such programs. In
addition, the state board shall make information regarding such programs
available to the Board of Regents of the University System of
Georgia."
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.