"Student Legal Literacy and Life Skills Education Act"; enact

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A BILL to be entitled 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 under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide for a course of instruction in legal literacy and life skills; to provide for the adoption of content standards for such instruction; to require that each local board of education and other public school governing body offer a course of instruction based on such content …

Source: OpenStates · fetched February 26, 2026

Who it affects

Student / education borrower

Students will be required to take a course in legal literacy and life skills.

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Who This AffectsAI analysis

Student / education borrowerdirectModerate impactHigh certainty
Students will be required to take a course in legal literacy and life skills.
“to require that each local board of education and other public school governing body offer a course of instruction based on such content”· General

What the Bill Does

Establishes a course of instruction in legal literacy and life skills for public schools.
Requires local boards of education and public school governing bodies to offer this course.
Mandates the adoption of content standards for this instruction.

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