Bill Text: GA HB1064 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: School attendance; age of mandatory education; revise
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-04 - House Second Readers [HB1064 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-HB1064-Introduced.html
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House
Bill 1064
By:
Representatives Stephens of the
161st,
Gordon of the
162nd,
Williams of the
89th,
Bryant of the
160th,
Talton of the
145th,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Part 1 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to school attendance in elementary and secondary
education, so as to revise the age of mandatory education; to repeal conflicting
laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Part
1 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to school attendance in elementary and secondary education,
is amended by revising subsection (a) of Code Section 20-2-690.1, relating to
mandatory education for children, as follows:
"(a)
Mandatory attendance in a public school, private school, or home school program
shall be required for children between their sixth and
sixteenth
seventeenth
birthdays. Such mandatory attendance shall not be required where the child has
successfully completed all requirements for a high school
diploma."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.