Bill Text: GA SB60 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Education; authorize each local board of education to determine the maximum age of mandatory education; provide alternative tracks
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-28 - Senate Read and Referred [SB60 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-SB60-Introduced.html
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Senate
Bill 60
By:
Senators Jackson of the 2nd, Brown of the 26th, Jones of the 10th, Sims of the
12th, Ramsey, Sr. of the 43rd and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 20-2-690.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated,
relating to relating to mandatory education for children, so as to authorize
each local board of education to determine the maximum age of mandatory
education from 16 to 18 for its local school system; to provide for alternative
tracks; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for
other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 20-2-690.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
relating to mandatory education for children, is amended by revising subsection
(a) 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
birthdays
their
sixteenth, seventeenth, or eighteenth birthdays, as determined for each local
school system by the local board of education; provided, however, that a parent
or guardian may sign a waiver for his or her child to opt out of a traditional
public school setting between the age of 16 and the maximum age set by the local
board of education pursuant to this subsection so long as the child enrolls in
and attends a community college or technical school, which for purposes of this
subsection shall be considered attendance in a public school until such child
reaches such maximum age. 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laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.