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Posts Tagged ‘Sonny Perdue’

  • Georgia Enacts New School Choice Program

    Posted May 14th, 2008 at 3:54pm in Education 1

    Earlier today Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue signed legislation (HB 1133) to create a $50 million school choice tax credit program. The legislation will allow individuals and businesses to take a dollar-for-dollar credit on state taxes for contributions to non-profit groups that fund tuition scholarships. In all, Georgia taxpayers can claim $50 million in tax credits [...] More

  • Common Sense Proving Not So Common in Georgia

    Posted May 6th, 2008 at 11:14am in Education 0

    Last month we blogged on the remarkable progress Georgia had recently made in advancing equal opportunity in school choice. But now it appears that Gov. Sonny Perdue (R) is becoming a barrier to successful reform. Redstate’s Erick Erickson reports: Georgia House Bill 881 is legislation in Georgia to help improve the conditions in which charter schools [...] More

  • More School Choice in Georgia

    Posted April 25th, 2008 at 10:43am in Education 0

    ATLANTA — Georgia state Rep. David Casas, speaking to conservative activists from across the country this morning at The Heritage Foundation’s Resource Bank, described how a broad coalition in Georgia helped bring school choice to special needs children and put a bill to give school choice tuition tax credits to all children on Gov. Sonny Perdue’s desk. Casas, a Republican, stressed [...] More