The Cobb County Board of Education voted 7-0 Thursday to petition the state to return $565,636,709 to the county of austerity cuts made since 2003 “as a result of an improving state economy.”
Board member David Banks said, “That’s our money from county taxpayers. The public needs to let legislators know: ‘We want our money, and we want it in Cobb County classrooms.’”
Also, the board wants the state to cap Cobb’s participation in the state’s Quality Basic Education funding program at $100 million instead of the current $132.2 million, reducing the amount that is subtracted from the Cobb County School District’s state funding.
Another concern on the board’s list of legislative priorities is for the state to require a fiscal impact statement for all legislation that impacts a school district’s revenues or expenditures.
The board also wants the state to decrease the amount of student assessment requirements and the number of state-mandated assessments and surveys requiring computing devices.
Information: cobbk12.org.
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