Sen. Burt Jones (R-Jackson) is the bill's sponsor.

"We're asking Georgia High School Association to establish the rules where a student athlete can express their beliefs within the framework of the rules that they establish," Jones said from the Senate floor Thursday.

The bill would prevent state schools from participating in sports associations that bar athletes from wearing religious images. That's the current policy of the Georgia High School Association, the group that runs the state's high school athletics programs.

The House passed a similar bill last week, which currently sits with the Senate Education and Youth Committee.

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