Join us for Crossover Day, this Wednesday, March 7 at your State Capitol - RSVP to joel.foster@afphq.org
Crossover Day is Day 30 in the GA Legislature, the day when nearly all bills that will be heard by the other chamber must have passed out of one chamber and crossed over for consideration. Its a long and busy day, as Senators, Representatives, and committees work quickly to wrap up their bills and get them through, so they have a chance at becoming law. Since this is an election year, any bills not passed by this Legislature are dead unless reintroduced next Session.
While we have been significantly invested in efforts to secure a referendum on charter schools (HR 1162), there are a number of other bills and issues weve been involved in. Heres a status update of what were following.
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[img_assist|nid=26446|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=100|height=150]Last year, the Georgia Supreme Court closed the Georgia Charter Schools Commission and gave local school boards exclusive control over public education in Georgia. Now legislators are debating whether the state should be able to authorize start-up charter schools and whether the state should have any role in education other than writing checks to school boards.
Georgia parents clearly want start-up charter schools: Last year more than 5,000 students were on waiting lists to attend the states few start-up charter schools. This may be why an overwhelming majority of the Legislature wants to change the state Constitution to make these start-up charter schools a viable option for Georgia families.
[img_assist|nid=26557|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=194|height=300]State Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers joins forces alongside Americans for Prosperity Foundation for an evening town hall discussion about School Choice in Georgia along with a special screening of the acclaimed new documentary, "Making The Grade In GA: Educational Freedom and Justice for All".
This event promises to be instructive and engaging for anyone concerned about education in Cherokee County and around the State as major education legislation makes its way through the process during the 2012 General Assembly session.
The event is on Tuesday, Feb 28, 7-9PM in the Cherokee Charter School located at 2126 Sixes Road, Canton GA in the school cafeteria. The event is FREE and open to the public.
Note: This event will not focus on specific legislation but the concept of School Choice overall.
[img_assist|nid=26555|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=194|height=300]State Reps. Ed Setzler and Alicia Thomas Morgan join forces from across the aisle alongside Americans for Prosperity Foundation for an evening town hall discussion about School Choice in Georgia along with a special screening of the acclaimed new documentary, "Making The Grade In GA: Educational Freedom and Justice for All".
This event promises to be instructive and engaging for anyone concerned about education in Cobb County and around the State as major education legislation makes its way through the process during the 2012 General Assembly session.
The event is on Tuesday, Feb 28, 7-9PM in the City of Marietta Council Chambers located at 205 Lawrence Street, Marietta GA in the Marietta City Hall. The event is FREE and open to the public.
Note: This event will not focus on specific legislation but the concept of School Choice overall.
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