House passes bill renaming tech college system
Georgia House members approved a bill Tuesday that would change the name of the state’s technical college network despite concerns from former school presidents that the renaming would not benefit the system.
House Bill 315, sponsored by Rep. Chad Nimmer, R-Blackshear, renames the Technical College System of Georgia as the Georgia Career College System. The change is a priority for Gov. Nathan Deal, who proposed the move earlier this year as a way to rebrand and better market the system to students.
A group of 20 former technical college presidents wrote Deal last month asking that he withdraw the bill. The money required to complete the change could be better spent on educating students, they said.
HB 315, which passed the House 122-40, now moves to the Senate for consideration.
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