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Tue., March 27, 2012 8:16am
The state Senate has approved a new funding system to support new charter schools in Georgia. The legislation approved Monday by a vote of 38-14 now heads back to the House for final approval. Voters will decide in November whether to change the Georgia Constitution so state officials can create new charter schools.
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Tue., February 7, 2012 8:56am
Democratic lawmakers are offering a rival amendment meant to address a state Supreme Court ruling that left a cloud of legal uncertainty over some Georgia charter schools. It would allow the General Assembly to create special charter schools, but would ban state officials from taking money from existing public schools and giving that funding to new charter schools.
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Mon., June 13, 2011 4:23pm
The Georgia Supreme Court says it will not reconsider its decision to overturn part of the state’s charter-school law. Sixteen charter schools left in limbo by the decision are now trying to find other ways to open this fall. Some are going back to the local districts that originally refused to approve them.
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Tue., May 17, 2011 4:03pm
Hundreds of charter school teachers, students and supporters rallied on the steps of the Capitol to protest the state Supreme Court’s rejection of the state’s power to open the schools. The students, who attend schools opened by the state Charter Schools Commission, called on legislators to find a way to keep their schools open.
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Thu., March 31, 2011 2:00pm
Georgia Supreme Court Justices are putting off a decision in one of their most high-profile cases. Court-watchers say the delay in the charter school commission case is highly unusual but doesn't hint as to how the court will decide. The case will settle the hot question of who has final authority to approve charter schools in Georgia.
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Sat., March 5, 2011 8:23pm
More than five hundred prospective teachers for charter schools showed up at a job fair Saturday. Many of the openings, however, could hinge on a ruling from the Georgia Supreme Court.
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Thu., December 23, 2010 3:29pm
Virtual charter schools are getting a financial boost in the state. And parents who choose the cyber route to educate their kids will have more options next year.
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Wed., August 25, 2010 10:24am
School systems are banding together against the State’s charter school commission—which has the authority to grant charters after local boards have denied them.
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Thu., August 19, 2010 2:26pm
Georgia’s only virtual charter school is now open to ninth graders. The state Board of Education approved the addition of ninth grade to the Georgia Cyber Academy Thursday.
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Wed., May 12, 2010 1:37pm
Seven districts sued the state for withholding state money from them and gi
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