Legislator sponsors bill to use tax dollars for private schools

Georgia lawmakers are considering legislation that could send tens of millions of dollars in tax money to private schools.House Bill 482 is called the “Educational Scholarship Act,” but critics are calling it an old-school “voucher” bill.

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