As of Tuesday, January 31, 2012
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Albany Herald
ATLANTA — Senate Bill 87 and House Bill 181 passed out of the Senate Education Committee late last week and are before the Senate Rules Committee for possible placement on the full Senate's calendar.
Both are opposed by the Professional Association of Georgia Educators, the state's largest teacher organization.
SB 87, the "Georgia Educational Freedom Act," sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers, R-Woodstock, is billed by PAGE as a major expansion of the state's current school voucher law.
HB 181, sponsored by Rep. Rich Golick, R-Smyrna, would eliminate the requirement that students with fragile medical conditions spend a year in a public school before being allowed to attend private school on a special needs scholarship.
Both bills were introduced last year. HB 181 cleared the state House last year.
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Comments
waltspecht 1 year, 3 months ago
Of course the Professional Association of Georgia Educators opposes any vocher program. It would divert money away from the employment of their members.
Sister_Ruby 1 year, 3 months ago
Unions are doing their best to destroy America while they still can (ie while Obama is still propping them up.)
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