The Atlanta school board has formed a community engagement committee to help gather ideas and offer feedback about how it communicates and engages the public. The move aims to help the board meet a mandate from the system's accrediting agency.

The new, 17-member committee includes Peter Aman, the city of Atlanta's chief operating officer, Oglethorpe University President Lawrence Schall, a University of Georgia vice chancellor, two high school students, six parents, three Atlanta Public Schools employees, two business people and a representative for the state.

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Rebecca Ramage-Tuttle, assistant director of the Statewide Independent Living Council of Georgia, says the the DOE rule change is “a slippery slope” for civil rights. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

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