06 LC
25 4135
House
Bill 940
By:
Representatives Benton of the
31st,
England of the
108th,
and Bearden of the
68th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Part 2 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to competencies and core curriculum in elementary
and secondary education, so as to provide for annual observance of "Georgia Day"
in public elementary and secondary schools; to repeal conflicting laws; and for
other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Part
2 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to competencies and core curriculum in elementary and
secondary education, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as
follows:
∀20-2-148.
The
twelfth day of February in each year shall be observed in all public elementary
and secondary schools in this state, under the name of 'Georgia Day,' as the
anniversary of the landing of the first colonists in Georgia under Oglethorpe;
and it shall be the duty of the local boards of education annually to cause the
teachers of the schools under their supervision to conduct on that day exercises
in which the pupils shall take part, consisting of written compositions,
readings, recitations, addresses, or other exercises appropriate to the various
grade levels, relating to this state and its history and to the lives of
distinguished Georgians. When such date falls on a day which is not a school
day, Georgia Day shall be observed on the following school
day.∀
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.