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Court ruling: Fulton can post info on charter amendment

A Fulton County Superior Court judge ruled today that Fulton County Schools can provide information on the charter school amendment on its web site. Attorney and longtime vouchers advocate Glenn Delk maintained that the Fulton County district’s Q&A amounted to lobbying against the amendment.
But Judge Wendy Shoob disagreed, calling the Q&A simply informational.
School districts are bristling at what they consider efforts to silence them on the controversial amendment, which would give the state the power to overrule local districts and approve charter schools that local boards opposed.
“In providing information to the public regarding Amendment 1, I have done nothing wrong or