Ga. lawmaker pushes for schools to teach about consent

A student draws her idea of what a sex education curriculum should look like.

In 2018, then-Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed Senate Bill 401 into law.

The legislation mostly known as “Erin’s Law” requires students in kindergarten through 9th grades to be taught about sexual abuse, but the bill does not require educators to teach about consent.

State Rep. Jasmine Clark, who represents House District 108, says teaching children consent empowers and provides them with information to have healthy relationships throughout their lives.