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Date Posted: 16:35:58 01/23/07 Tue
Author: Grizz
Subject: Read it and weep, people

http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/sb10.htm

The door would be wide open with this one:

(b) To qualify for a scholarship:
(1) The studentīs parent shall reside within Georgia;
(2) The student shall have one or more of the following disabilities:
(A) Autism;
(B) Deaf/blind;
(C) Deaf/hard of hearing;
(D) Emotional and behavioral disorder;
(E) Intellectual disability;
(F) Orthopedic impairment;
(G) Other health impairment;
(H) Specific learning disability;
(I) Speech-language impairment;
(J) Traumatic brain injury; or
(K) Visual impairment;

(4) The parent shall have obtained acceptance for admission of the student to an eligible private school

Note that the private schools may pick and choose their students; they are not required under this bill to accept all comers.

While the law would say this,

(6) Regularly report to the parent on the studentīs progress, including, but not limited to, the results of any annual assessment given to the student, in accordance with department guidelines; and
(7) Annually provide to the parents the relevant credentials of the teachers who will be teaching their students.

..there are no accountability standards that the private school would have to meet. And if you don't believe that, try this section:

(d) The creation of the program shall not be construed to expand the regulatory authority of the state, its officers, or any public school system to impose any additional regulation of nonpublic schools beyond those reasonably necessary to enforce the requirements of this article.

While the bill continually calls this a "scholarship", it is nothing more than a voucher with no accountability, just what Republicans have wanted for years.

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