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Alternative school study committee proposed

By Christopher Quinn
Feb 6, 2012

Rep. Yasmin Neal, a Jonesboro Democrat, has bipartisan support to create a five-member committee of legislators to study the creation of an alternative school for expelled students.

The House Study Committee on Expulsion School Creation, proposed by House Resolution 1277,  would look at various models, such as a boarding school, and make any recommendations to the Legislature by the end of this year.

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Christopher Quinn is a writer and editor who has worked for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 1999. He writes stories on Veterans Affairs, business including high-tech growth in metro Atlanta, Georgia's $72 billion farm economy, and he oversees assigning and editing news obituaries.

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