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Complaint will be filed today about the Georgia private school tax credit that operates in secrecy | Get Schooled

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Complaint will be filed today about the Georgia private school tax credit that operates in secrecy

The AJC is reporting that the Southern Education Foundation will file a complaint today with the state Department of Revenue alleging widespread abuses in the controversial private school scholarship tax credit program.
The tax credit has received national media attention because of allegations of misuse. Yet, state Rep. Earl Ehrhart, R-Powder Springs, the sponsor of the 2008 law creating the tax credit, is introducing a bill today to


To test or not to test: Should parents be able to decide whether kids take state exams?

testing (Medium)Should parents in Georgia decide whether their children take annual state exams?
A reader told me that her daughter was showing signs of test anxiety because her elementary school was already in the midst of prepping for the April CRCT.
So, the parent asked, “Can we legally opt-out?”
No, says the state Department of Education, which sent me this response:  “Given both state and federal law