"Georgia Student Mental Health Days Act"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 2 of Part 1 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to compulsory attendance relative to elementary and secondary school students, so as to require the local governing body for each school system and public school to adopt a policy providing that students shall be granted excused absences for up to three mental health days per school year; to require local school systems and public schools to provide…

Source: OpenStates · fetched February 11, 2026

• Student / education borrowerdirectModerate impactHigh certainty

  Students will be granted excused absences for up to three mental health days per school year.

  “so as to require the local governing body for each school system and public school to adopt a policy providing that students shall be granted excused absences for up to three mental health days per school year”· General

• Mental health service userdirectModerate impactHigh certainty

  Students will be granted excused absences for up to three mental health days per school year, supporting their mental well-being.

  “students shall be granted excused absences for up to three mental health days per school year”· General