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Episode 6 GAELSTRONG: Private School Vouchers in Georgia--A Discussion with PAGE's Claire Suggs

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In this episode of #GAELSTRONG, we sit down with Claire Suggs from the Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE). Claire serves on the legislative affairs team at PAGE as a Senior Education Policy Analyst, and we spent an hour discussing a very controversial topic in GA:

Private School Vouchers

In our discussion, we survey the history and current status of voucher programs in GA and questions that parents, taxpayers, and legislators should be asking about their implementation:

  1. How can tax money be tracked and audited by the citizens of GA for private school vouchers?
  • Are private schools held accountable to the same level as public schools for their use of tax money?
  • Do private school have to enforce the same federal protections for special education and 504 disabilities as public schools? (no)
  • Do private school vouchers hurt public school systems’ ability to serve their children who remain in public schools?
  • Have you contacted your local legislator to discuss how you feel about vouchers? (it only takes a few minutes to contact your local senator and state representative and share your heart).

    • Local up your local legislator at this link from PAGE and send him/her an email TODAY:

    http://www.ciclt.net/sn/pol/po_districtlookup.aspx?ClientCode=pageinc&State=ga

     

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