Attention to charter school amendment debate grows
Awareness is starting to grow about a question Georgia voters will see on the ballot next month.
The referendum asks voters if the Georgia constitution should allow state or local officials to approve charter schools.
The Georgia Public Policy Foundation has been involved in recent forums on the issue. Foundation President Kelly McCutchen says allowing the state to approve charter schools would add another option for public education.
“We’ve worked on charter schools for a long time,” said McCutchen. “They’ve been very successful in Georgia and we believe it’s a way to improve our K-12 public school system.”
Opponents of the proposal rallied support last week against a state charter school system.
Former State Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond, an attorney with Butler, Wooten and Fryhofer, says he supports keeping the power to create charter school with local public school systems.
“The question is whether or not these decisions should be made by local elected individuals and not anonymous political appointees at the state level,” said Thurmond.
A special state charter school commission ended last year after the Georgia Supreme Court ruled it was unconstitutional.
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