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The Supreme Court of Georgia, by a narrow vote of 4-3 on May 16, 2011, ruled that the only alternative charter authorizing body in Georgia, the State Charter Commission, was unconstitutional. Here is the opinion expressed by the majority…

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State officials announced that a plan forged by Governor Nathan Deal and members of the State legislature will forward fund the bricks-and-mortar state chartered special schools for an amount equal to the average local district share calculated as if locally approved charter schools.

Georgia Charter Schools Association President and Chief Executive Officer Tony Roberts said: “On behalf of the thousands of children and parents who will benefit from this, our deepest thanks go to Governor Nathan Deal, House Speaker Pro Tem Jan Jones, Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers, and State Superintendent John Barge for acting quickly and meaningfully to make sure these charter school students could continue in their school of choice.”

The 2011 National Charter Schools Conference  was once again a success, as thousands involved in the charter world — from teachers, administrators, parents and board members to vendors and other […]

Eleven charter schools that had been approved by the now defunct Georgia Charter Schools Commission, have been approved Tuesday by the Georgia Board of Education.

91ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ President and Chief Executive Officer Tony Roberts said of the vote: “We are extremely pleased that the state acted as quickly as it did to address this issue. Superintendent John Barge, members of the State Board of Education, and the Charter Schools Division are to be commended for cutting through the government bureaucracy and other barriers to do what is right for the students and families impacted by the Supreme Court decision to disband the Georgia Charter Schools Commission.  Now we are hopeful the Governor and members of the State legislature are working to find a way to make the funding levels more viable for these schools.”

The State Board of Education Charter Committee will hold a called meeting to consider charter schools items and recommendations to the full State Board, Monday, June 27, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. The meeting will be held in the State Board Room, 2070 Twin Towers East, via conference call. The full State Board of Education will hold a called meeting to take action on charter schools, personnel, and technology services items, Tuesday, June 28, 2011, at 9:00 a.m., also …

Former President Bill Clinton will be the keynote speaker during Day 2 of the National Alliance for Public Schools’ annual National Charter Schools Conference, scheduled for June 20-23 at the Georgia World Congress Center. Clinton, the 42^nd president of the United States, will deliver his remarks during the General Session at 11:30 a.m., June 21, after receiving the National Alliance’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

The Georgia Supreme Court announced Monday that it will not reconsider its decision earlier this month, declaring the Georgia Charter Schools Commission and the 2008 law which helped create it (HB881) unconstitutional. Said 91ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ President and CEO Tony Roberts:  “The majority of The Georgia Supreme Court has just found 16,000 innocent children in Georgia guilty of choosing a better education…

The first meeting of the recently-created Special Education and Youth Sub-committee, also known as the Special Sub-committee on School Choice, was held Friday at the State Capitol. Nearly 300 students, parents, teachers and administrators packed the meeting room and spilled outside into the lobby…

As the Supreme Court reviews the motion of reconsideration briefs and State Sen. Fran Millar’s sub-committee meets, one of the state’s most prominent newspapers has come out in support of the Georgia Charter Schools Commission and against the four Supreme Court justices. The published an editorial titled “Emancipation Proclamation”…