Georgia public schools have been failing to provide adequate services to special needs students, so the legislature arranged to give parents vouchers to escape poorly functioning schools.
It's going like gangbusters.
And places without private schools are (ta da!) building private schools.
Kentucky Rep. Stan Lee has tried to provide the same level of service to special needs kids here, but House Education Committee Chairman Frank Rasche would have none of it.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
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Good for Georgia! How did they overcome the selfish teacher's union?
Good question. I just left a message for Sen. Eric Johnson in Savannah asking him that. I'll report back when I hear from him. I suspect, though, that the answer is a fairly partisan one. Republicans hold majorities in both legislative chambers down there.
This is something that is of little interest to the teachers' union since these vouchers will have little impact on their members. If it is labeled a "vouchers" the KEA will attack because they hate this term. If it goes forward as a "special-needs scholarship" the KEA will not be as vocal if parents of these kids are vocal. So if the parents show up on this issue, they can win it.
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