The House Appropriations Committee brushed aside Gov. Sonny Perdue’s recommendation of using $33 million in HOPE money for other educational scholarships:
Gov. Sonny Perdue’s plan to use lottery money to pay for more state scholarships – a move some call unconstitutional – is about to get its first official failing grade.
The House Appropriations Committee will approve [...]
Rep. Ben Harbin and Sen. Jack Hill, head of their chamber’s appropriations committees, are asking Attorney General Thurbert Baker to rule on the constitutionality of Gov. Sonny Perdue’s plans to use HOPE money to fund scholarships outside of the intent of the program:
The heads of the House and Senate budget committees are asking Attorney General [...]
News is coming out about Gov. Sonny Perdue using $34 million in HOPE scholarship and pre-k funds for items other than the ideal purpose of that money in his FY 2011 budget proposal:
According to pages 348 to 350 of Perdue’s budget, it appears the governor is proposing to use lottery monies for such things as:
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The Center for an Educated Georgia sent out an e-mail blast today highlighting four bills that they are watching in during the session.
Bill
Summary
Current Status
SB90
Would provide scholarships for current public school students to attend any school in the state,public or private
Recommitted to Senate Education and Youth Committee on 1/11/10
SB137
Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children [...]
The Senate passed HB 100, legislation that modifies existing law (passed last session) to give small businesses a tax credit for sponsoring school vouchers:
A bill that changes the state’s new tuition tax credit program passed the Senate Friday.
It will now be sent to the Governor for his signature.
House Bill 100 would help small businesses [...]
Legislators may ask teachers to take six unpaid planning days in the next year:
The chairman of the House budget committee on education said officials should consider furloughing the state’s more than 100,000 teachers six days a year to help financially struggling school systems.
Rep. Edward Lindsey (R-Atlanta), said making teachers take six planning days a year [...]
House Republicans doubt that SB 90, a universal school voucher bill, will pass the legislature this year:
Reps. Ed Lindsey (R-Atlanta), Frank Millar (R-Dunwoody) and Howard Maxwell (R-Dallas) told a gathering of the Georgia Association of Educators that the controversial measure faces serious obstacles.
And Lindsey, the vice chairman of the budget-writing Appropriations Committee, told more [...]
SB 90, the universal school voucher bill, cleared the Senate Education and Youth Committee today:
Sen. Eric Johnson’s (R-Savannah) voucher bill that provides parents with public and private school choice passed through the Education and Youth Committee meeting this afternoon. The legislation will improve education in Georgia and will prepare our workforce for the global [...]