A proposed amendment to Georgia’s constitution that could have a big impact on some local school districts is up for vote in November, and the Georgia PTA is riled about the ballot wording.
The group, representing a quarter million parents, says the words voters will see are “deceptive” and “misleading.” The amendment would empower the state to put schools that continually perform low on certain measures into a special district, the Opportunity School District, run by a superintendent the governor appoints.
A "preamble" drafted by Gov. Nathan Deal and the leaders of the state House and Senate, who by law write ballot preambles, is supposed to summarize the question before voters,
It doesn't do that, and neither does the language of the proposed amendment itself, says the PTA. Find out why they believe that in our premium story here, on myajc.com
