Cobb students could attend conversion charter schools in Fulton County under a proposal approved last week by the school board. The board approved a proposal, which once OKed by the Fulton school board, would allow rising seventh graders and older to seek admission to the conversion charters. State money would follow the student to the chosen school. The agreement would be in effect until the rising seventh graders graduated from high school.

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Julian Conley listens during opening statements in his trial at Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. The 25-year-old is accused of fatally shooting 8-year-old Secoriea Turner in July 2020. (Abbey Cutrer/AJC)

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