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Volume 24, Issue 1 (Fall 2007)

EDUCATION Elementary and Secondary Education: Amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, Relating to Student Health in Elementary and Secondary Education, so as to Require Immunization Against the Hu...

The bill would require all female students entering sixth grade to be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus. Exceptions were provided for children whose parents objected on religious grounds. The bill would have also suspended the vaccination requirement in cases of insufficient supplies of the human papillomavirus vaccine. The bill would