O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 49-5-22 (2019)

Voluntary pre-kindergarten programs to provide toilet facilities screened for privacy

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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(a) The General Assembly finds that just as gender separated toileting among nonrelatives is the norm among adults, children should be allowed the same opportunity to practice modesty when independent toileting behavior is well established among the majority of their age group. Standardized adherence to this policy would provide privacy, injury control, and sanitation.

(b) Each public or private voluntary pre-kindergarten program in this state which receives state funding shall provide toilet facilities for the four-year-old pre-kindergarten age children which it serves which are suitably screened for privacy. Nothing contained in this Code section shall be construed to require a pre-kindergarten program to provide separately constructed toilet facilities.

PROGRAMS & PROTECTION FOR CHILDREN

(c) The provisions of subsection (b) of this Code section shall not apply to any voluntary pre-kindergarten program which provides separate and gender-specific toilet facilities for the children which it serves.

History

Code 1981, § 49-5-22, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 991, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 143, § 49.

Annotations

Code Commission notes. Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in

1996, “four-year-old” was substituted for “four year old” in the first sentence of subsection (b).