Georgia House Adds Funding to Charter School Facility Grant聽
The Georgia House approved an additional $3 million in facilities grant funding for public charter schools in the FY23 budget. That brings the total for the Charter School Facility Grant to $7.5 million. The FY23 budget now heads to the Georgia Senate. 91桃色视频 continues to strongly advocate for FULL FUNDING of $10 million. If lawmakers vote to fully fund the grant, every eligible charter school in Georgia would receive $100,000.
House Bill 1215
Georgia鈥檚 Senate Education and Youth Committee is expected to consider 91桃色视频鈥檚 2022 charter bill as early as next week. The Georgia House approved House Bill 1215 with a vote of 113 to 45 on Thursday, Feb. 24.
House Bill 1215 is sponsored by state Rep. Brad Thomas. The charter legislation does four聽things:聽
1) it refines the state鈥檚 charter school definition to better distinguish聽charter schools from charter systems, College and Career Academies and other school choice models in the state;
2) it prevents local districts from prohibiting students from transferring to charter schools during the school year;聽
3) it closes a loophole in the funding calculation for local charter schools by basing funding on collected聽(versus budgeted) local revenue.聽
4) it removes the performance audit requirement for virtual state charter schools.
