Lawmaker: Legislature may pass 3 bills that will hurt higher education

An Atlanta lawmaker says great Georgia campuses like Georgia Tech will suffer if bad higher education bills win approval in the waning days of the General Assembly. (Photo: Georgia Tech.)

An Atlanta lawmaker says great Georgia campuses like Georgia Tech will suffer if bad higher education bills win approval in the waning days of the General Assembly. (Photo: Georgia Tech.)

An Atlanta legislator says three pending bills — campus carry, campus rape and no sanctuary campuses — are misguided and damage the universities, students and reputation of higher education in Georgia.

Writing in the AJC Get Schooled blog, state Rep. David Dreyer, D-Atlanta, saysthe bills severely undermine higher education.

“Instead of harming our colleges, we should focus on supporting our colleges with initiatives like need-based HOPE scholarships and creative programs to reduce the cost of attendance,” he says. “At a minimum, the General Assembly should not interfere with the pursuit of excellence at our colleges and universities, and these bills must be stopped to protect our institutions of higher learning.”

To read his objections to each of the bills, go to the AJC Get Schooled blog.