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Bill would give military parents choice of public schools for their children

State Rep. Shaw Blackmon, left, discusses legislation with state Rep. Dave Belton, center, and state Rep. Jason Shaw. Belton is sponsoring a bill that would enable military parents to send their children to any public school within their school system. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

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State Rep. Shaw Blackmon, left, discusses legislation with state Rep. Dave Belton, center, and state Rep. Jason Shaw. Belton is sponsoring a bill that would enable military parents to send their children to any public school within their school system. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM
By Will Robinson
Feb 13, 2017

Legislation that would enable military service members to choose which public school their children attend was filed Feb. 1 in the state House.

House Bill 224 is sponsored by Chairman of the House Military Affairs Study Committee Dave Belton, R-Buckhead.

Military service members who live on bases or in off-base military housing would be able to send their children to any public school within the school system where the base or housing is located starting next school year, the bill states.

Belton wrote in an op-ed for 21st Century Partnership that K-12 education must be improved for military families to prevent base closures in Georgia.

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