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2021 Georgia Code
Title 20 - Education
Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education
Article 21 - Brief Period of Quiet Reflection
§ 20-2-1051. Participation Not to Be Regulated or Required
Universal Citation: GA Code § 20-2-1051 (2021)
No teacher, principal, school board, or any other person may require or prescribe any particular method or manner in which a child shall participate in any period of silent prayer or meditation, but each child shall be absolutely free to participate therein or not, in such manner or way as such child shall personally desire, consistent with his or her beliefs.
(Ga. L. 1969, p. 488, § 1.)
Code Commission notes.- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1992, a comma was inserted following "board".
RESEARCH REFERENCES
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- Constitutionality of regulation or policy governing prayer, meditation, or "moment of silence" in public schools, 110 A.L.R. Fed. 211.
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