Georgia requires a comprehensive character education program in every grade, K–12. GRiT is a neuroscience-based character education curriculum built to deliver it — and measure it.
Georgia law directs every local board of education to implement a comprehensive character education program at all grade levels, kindergarten through grade 12. The program was strengthened for the 2025–2026 school year.
Alongside a defined set of character traits, the program must address methods for discouraging bullying and violent acts against fellow students, and for promoting responsible digital citizenship and the safe, appropriate use of technology, the internet, and social media. Boards must also give families opportunities to help shape the program’s expected outcomes.
Not a feelings worksheet. GRiT teaches how the brain and stress response work, as tools students actually use.
GRiT Compass shows growth across five dynamics, so Georgia leaders can report impact, not just activity.
Grade-banded for K–12 through college, with a light weekly footprint that fits the school day.
Yes. Georgia law (O.C.G.A. § 20-2-145) requires every local board of education to provide a comprehensive character education program at all grade levels, kindergarten through grade 12. The requirement was strengthened for the 2025–2026 school year.
A defined set of character traits taught K–12, plus methods for discouraging bullying and violent acts and for promoting responsible digital citizenship and the safe use of technology, the internet, and social media. Boards must also give families a role in setting expected outcomes.
Yes. GRiT is a neuroscience-based character education curriculum for K–12 through college that teaches the traits named in the statute through relational intelligence, self-regulation, and habit-building — and measures growth with GRiT Compass.
All grade levels, kindergarten through grade 12.
Meet O.C.G.A. § 20-2-145 with a program that’s live in under a week — and shows the growth.
→ Book a discovery callThis is a plain-language summary of O.C.G.A. § 20-2-145 as of 2026, provided for general information and not as legal advice. Statutes change; always confirm current requirements with your district and the Georgia Department of Education.