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Who We Are

Who We Are. Coalition of Locally Elected School Boards, School Superintendents, Educators, Georgia PTA, Local Chambers of Commerce and Local business Leaders in the state. Who We Are. GACIS - Georgia Association of Curriculum and Instructional Supervisors

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Who We Are

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  1. Who We Are • Coalition of Locally Elected School Boards, School Superintendents, Educators, Georgia PTA, Local Chambers of Commerce and Local business Leaders in the state

  2. Who We Are • GACIS - Georgia Association of Curriculum and Instructional Supervisors • GAEL - Georgia Association of Educational Leaders • GAESP - Georgia Association of Elementary School Principals • GAMSP - Georgia Association of Middle School Principals • GASPA - Georgia Association of School Personnel Administrators • GASSP - Georgia Association of Secondary School Principals • G-CASE - Georgia Council of Administrators of Special Education

  3. Who We Are • GMEA - Georgia Music Educators Assocation • GPTA - Georgia Parent Teacher Association  • GREA - Georgia Retired Educators Association  • GSBA - Georgia School Boards Association • GSSA - Georgia School Superintendents Association  • PAGE - Professional Association of Georgia Educators • SEF - Southern Education Foundation

  4. Background • Last year, the GA Supreme Court struck down a 2008 law allowing the state to create and fund a dual system of state charter schools against the wishes of local school boards and communities.

  5. The Amendment • NOT about Charter Schools. • An expansion of state government. • Gives unchecked power to an appointed and unaccountable state commission to approve charter or other schools without the approval of a local school board. • State control vs. Local control.

  6. Misleading Ballot Language • "Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended to allow state or local approval of public charter schools upon the request of local communities?" • Only the state is gaining new power.

  7. The Reality: • Local school boards can already approve charter schools. • Gives a state commission power to make decisions about our children’s education. • Where is the accountability to voters?

  8. Charter Schools • Charter schools differ from traditional public schools. Charters can waive state laws and local board policies that regular public schools must follow. • For-profit charter school companies are responsible to their shareholders, not students.

  9. Think About Your Vote • Protect voters’ control of public schools – locally elected school boards are locally accountable to the voters who elect them. • Taxation without representation. • Protect funding for Georgia’s public schools. The state has cut public school budgets by $3 billion in the last 3 years, and another $1 billion for the upcoming school year.

  10. Think About Your Vote • Georgia is not funding existing local charter schools and traditional public schools. • The amendment will allow the state to take more money from Georgia’s public schools.

  11. Think About Your Vote • Class sizes increase • More cuts to quality public education • More teacher furloughs and layoffs • Smaller schools close • Over 2/3 of all Georgia school systems now have a school year less than 180 days.

  12. Think About Your Vote • Why should we allow the state to create a dual school system and pay for it at expense of existing local charter and public schools? • Faceless political appointees in Atlanta will decide where to place schools in your community and who that school will serve.

  13. Donate Today • If you wish to help Public Schools think about donating to the Vote SMART campaign. • Donate online at: www.votesmartgeorgia.com • Mail check to: Vote SMART Georgia P.O. Box 766, Lawrenceville, GA 30046

  14. Think About Your Vote • This is not about choices, it’s about WHO chooses. • Vote Smart and think about Public Schools • Keep it Local on November 6 • www.votesmartgeorgia.com

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