The stated purpose of House Bill 897 sounds innocuous enough: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to update and clarify provisions in law and to repeal obsolete provisions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.”
What is going on in Georgia and education is nothing short of fundamentally changing everything good about local control of the education our children receive. These changes effect not only public schools , but private and home schools. The decision making power is being moved further and further from the local school board and being concentrated at the State level. I recommend this article on HB 897.
"It’s chock full of bad ideas, with a plethora of provisions that are less than friendly to public education. The 47-page bill is a tedious read, and perhaps Rep. Brooks Coleman, R-Duluth. a sponsor of the bill and chairman of the House Education Committee, was hoping no one would really study the whole thing." Myra Blackmon
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