Atlanta school board changes legislative priorities
The newly elected Atlanta Board of Education on Monday voted against asking state lawmakers to make all schools proportionately share financial liabilities — language that was aimed at having charter schools contribute to pension debts.
Board member Jason Esteves asked that Atlanta Public Schools' legislative priorities exclude the language about financial liabilities and replace it with a request for support of early childhood education.
House Bill 680, which is pending in the state House of Representatives, would allow school systems to deduct money from charter schools to help pay unfunded pension liabilities.
About the Author
Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.
