The
Georgia Legislature has created governing structures that bypass the
voters. The “Regional Commissions” are
appointed by the Governor. They were
created by HB 1216 in 2008 and HB 277 in 2010. This is UN Agenda 21 implementation on Georgia.
On the
November 2016 ballot, Georgia voters will be asked to allow the Georgia
Constitution to be amended to allow the Governor to open his own schools. This creates another Soviet organization
inside the State of Georgia and is another bad idea. See AJC article below:
Proposed
education bills in the Capitol. BOB
ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM
Introduced in the 2015 Legislative
Session, Gov. Nathan Deal’s plan would create a statewide school district and
give his office broad new powers to take over failing schools.
It would for the first time ever
create a statewide “Opportunity School District” to oversee the program — led
by a superintendent who would report directly to the governor and not the state
education department.
In 2016, Deal’s plan could hit the
cutting room floor or Georgia voters could approve it for a 2017 start. That
being said, here are the five most important things to know about the
“Opportunity School District.”
1. Here is how it would work: The
plan would create a statewide “Opportunity School District” with authority to seize
control of schools deemed to be perennially
failing. The state would have total authority over the schools put into the
special district and could remove principals and teachers, change what students
are learning and control the schools’ budgets.
2. These are the schools in danger
of takeover: If voters approve the Opportunity School District deal, the state
would likely start taking over schools beginning with the 2017-18 school year
basing its selection on College and Career Readiness Performance Index (CCRPI)
data from the 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 school years.
This map displays failing schools CCRPI scores from 2012, 2013 and 2014. Click on a point on the map to see that's schools CCRPI scores from the past three years.
This map displays failing schools CCRPI scores from 2012, 2013 and 2014. Click on a point on the map to see that's schools CCRPI scores from the past three years.
3. The idea is modeled after the
Recovery School District in Louisiana, where 10 years ago the state
snatched more than 100 of New Orleans’ worst schools in a Hail
Mary attempt to revamp the district. Georgia’s
“Opportunity District,” if approved, would be Deal’s signature piece of
education policy and a drastic departure from the state’s current, more passive
approach to failing schools. Advocates of the model say it show what’s
possible when elected school boards, unions and poorly run
school systems get out of the way and
let school leaders decide how to educate students.
4. This is when it would happen: In
November 2016, Georgians will vote on authorizing the takeover
district.
5. Some people don’t like the school
takeover plan: Opponents of state takeover say it would give control of schools to an aloof entity that is
not accountable to voters or parents. They
say it’s unclear what the state would do to improve schools that local
districts aren’t already doing. And the real issue for many schools, they say,
is poverty.
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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