Category: Georgia 2023-24 Legislative Session
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Expand the Tuition Tax Credit Program? No Thanks! Oppose HB 54
What is the exact wrong thing to do for a program which funnels money from public schools which follow state laws to relatively unregulated private schools without supervision to confirm that the money serves a valid purpose? Expand it so more money flows into this sinkhole. That’s what Georgia House Bill 54 does by expanding…
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Support School Librarians! Oppose SB 154
Georgia Senate Bill 154 in the 2023-24 Legislative Session would threaten school librarians with significant fines and jail time of up to 12 months for distributing “obscene materials” to minors. It does this by removing the exception O.C.G.A. § 16-12-104 makes for public school libraries from the prohibitions described in O.C.G.A. § 16-12-103. What is…
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Oppose SB 88, Which Protects Neither Parents Nor Children
Columbia County Advocates for Public Education asks you to inform your representatives in the Georgia Legislature that you oppose Senate Bill 88, which its sponsors call the Parents and Children Protection Act of 2023. The Central Savannah River Chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State has published a blog entry with links…
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Change Georgia’s School Funding Formula to Support Students Living in Poverty! Support HB3
Supporting Georgia House Bill 3 in the 2023-24 Legislative Session is the top priority of the Fund Georgia’s Future Coalition, of which Columbia County Advocates for Public Education is a member. Read Fund Georgia’s Future’s fact sheet. Participate in its No More Bake Sales campaign. For more information, read the 2019 article Fairer Funding, Fairer…
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