SB10 – Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Act; provide public school students with disabilities to attend eligible private schools (PF)
SB10 – Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Act; provide public school students with disabilities to attend eligible private schools (PF)
Sponsored by: Johnson,Eric 1st
PF: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to enact the “Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Act”; to provide for a short title; to define certain terms; to provide for scholarships for public school students with disabilities to attend eligible private schools; to provide for qualifications and criteria for the scholarship program; to establish certain requirements for private schools that participate in the scholarship program; to provide for the amount of scholarship and method of payments; to authorize the State Board of Education to promulgate certain rules; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Status: Read and referred to Senate Committee on Education and Youth (01/10/07)
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January 27th, 2007 at 10:58 pm
[...] SB 10 is a step in the right direction, as is Casey Cagle’s plan to expand charter schools. Let parents decide where their tax dollars go. Let them choose the school. Let them make the decisions that are important to their family. [...]
January 28th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
Sen. Johnson’s Response to criticism of this bill can be found here
January 28th, 2007 at 7:09 pm
Fierce opposition to this bill is expected from the teacher’s union and other members of the entrenched education lobby. A series of 15 articles detailing the fight can be found at http://downsyndrome.asaway.com