Georgia
CurrentProtecting Georgia's Children on Social Media Act (SB 351)
Adds responsible digital citizenship and safe, appropriate use of technology, the internet and social media to Georgia's comprehensive character-education program beginning in 2025–26.
- Jurisdiction
- Georgia · State / DC
- Policy status
- Effective
- Implementation phase
- Current
- Requirement
- Required
- Grades
- All K-12
- Audience
- Students
- Learning evidence
- Student instruction required
- Instrument
- Statute / enacted law
Dates & implementation
Required character-education content from 2025–26; the model online-safety program addresses grades 6–12.
A legal effective date can precede school implementation. This record documents policy intent or requirements; it does not independently confirm delivery in every classroom.
Funding & support
Funding details not confirmed
Dedicated funding and current award availability are not established in this collection. This does not mean no funding exists.
Evidence & source location
2024 House End of Session Report, page 10: SB 351, Sections 2-1 and 2-2.
The act also requires online-safety model programs and local acceptable-use policies; those may be split into separate action records in a later refresh.
Review history
Reviewed against official sources
Source availability checked Oct 4, 2026: Source reopened. This is separate from verification of the policy claim below.
Source review date recorded in database: 2026-10-04
2026-10-03 — Carried forward from the source-linked baseline; topic, grade and evidence-type inventory reviewed. Individual source was not re-opened in this update. 2026-10-04 — Substantive source review: Confirmed the instructional requirement and start year against the final legislative summary.
Record ID: GA-2024-DCIT-001
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