Georgia HB1114: Quality Basic Education Act; allow for students in ninth and tenth grade to complete the high school graduation financial literacy course requirement

What the bill says

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 allow for students in ninth and tenth grade to complete the high school graduation financial literacy course requirement; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

From the introduced text:

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 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 allow for students in ninth and tenth grade to complete the high school graduation financial literacy course requirement; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 under the "Quality Basic Education Act," is amended by revising Code Section 20-2-149.4, relating to financial literacy instruction and curriculum, as follows: "20-2-149.4. (a) The State Board of Education shall adopt content standards for a minimum course of instruction in financial literacy to be completed by students in ninth, tenth, eleventh, or twelfth grade. H. B. 1114 LC 49 2475 (b) Beginning in the 2024-2025 school year, each local board of education shall require all students, as a condition of graduation, during their eleventh or twelfth grade years to complete at least a half-credit course in financial literacy which implements the minimum course of instruction based …