Charter school pension bill goes nowhere
A measure that would have allowed school systems to deduct money from charter schools for unfunded pension liabilities isn’t advancing in the Georgia Legislature.
House Bill 680 didn't get a hearing or a vote by the March 3 deadline for proposals to have passed at least one legislative chamber.
The proposal was intended as a way to force Atlanta’s charter schools to contribute to the city public school system’s $550 million pension debt.
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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.
