In less than two weeks, voters will decide if Georgia can create a state commission authorizing charter schools.
The issue has stirred controversy all across metro Atlanta. Some Democratic leaders are calling the ballot biased and misleading. Others, however, are reaching across political aisles to support the amendment. On Saturday, Oct. 27, two state lawmakers - one Republican, the other a Democrat -headlined a rally in support of the amendment.
Do you support charter schools? Should Georgia be allowed to create a commission authorizing them, or should these decisions remain at the local school-board level?
There's no guarantee - charters often do worse than their local school counterparts. Approval by an unelected, unaccountable commission will not lower costs for GA. The commission will be responsible for monitoring the charter schools it approves thus the creation of a new layer of government. Lastly, GA is a right to work state. No teacher union exists (i.e. collective bargaining is illegal in GA).
If the charter-schools amendment passes, the union strategy of fielding phony “Republicans” in local school board elections in order to block new charter school approvals—will ultimately prove less fruitful. Rent the film WAITING FOR SUPERMAN to learn more. Then do a Google search on “NEA” and “donations” and you’ll see that the National Education Association, GAE’s parent union, is a cash-cow for Democrats and every liberal-left pressure group in the news. Vote “YES” on the charter-schools amendment !