Georgia § 20-2-151 - 2. Driver education course accepted for Carnegie unit elective credits.
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§ 20-2-151. 2. Driver education course accepted for Carnegie unit elective credits.
For the purpose of earning Carnegie unit curriculum credits at the high school level, satisfactory completion, on or after January 1, 1999, of a driver education course in a driver training school and under the instruction of a driver training instructor licensed by the department under Chapter 13 of Title 43, "The Driver Training School and Commercial Driver Training School License Act," may be accepted by the State Board of Education for one-half unit of elective credit for any student. (Code 1981, § 20-2-151.2 , enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 1520, § 1; Ga. L. 2017, p. 774, § 20/HB 323.) The 2017 amendment, effective May 9, 2017, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted " 'The Driver Training School and Commercial Driver Training School License Act,'" for " 'The Driver Training School License Act,' " near the end of this Code section. Cross references. - Tax credit for private driver education courses of minors, § 48-7-29.5 .
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