Does Passing Parent Trigger/HB 123 Make Sense?
An education advocate questions the impact of this piece of proposed legislation.
Does anyone remember the constitutional amendment battle last year? The battle where our Republican leadership wanted us to pass an amendment which expanded the role of government in Georgia and removed local control by giving it to an appointed State Charter Commission? We bought that one hook, line and sinker. Republicans convinced Republicans – some, not all – to forget about the other part of the party platform that talks about limited government and local control. The same group is back at it in the legislature trying to pass more bills which will eventually destroy our open public schools (vs. closed charter public schools – try moving here in January and getting into one). Why? Because promoting charter schools and vouchers is also …
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Stan
2:48 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
This is why the amendment passed last year was a bad idea. Our state legislature now in control and with bags of cash from the for profit charter school industry will now try to make it easier for their donor base (i.e. out of state for profits) to gain market share as quickly as possible. Not that charter schools or for profits are necessarily bad but they should be approached cautiously until … more ›