http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2008/01/26/charter_0127.html
Currently, charter school applicants in Georgia can only seek authorization from a local school board or the State Board of Education on appeal. A new bill, sponsored by Rep. Jan Jones, would set up a separate state body to approve charter school applications. It also would allow such entities as colleges, universities, counties or cities to act as co-sponsors of new charter schools, serving in an advisory, not a governing, capacity. The House Education Committee is scheduled to hear the bill this week. An alternative authorizing agency would bring "much-needed objectivity" to the charter school process, said Tony Roberts, chief executive officer of the Georgia Charter Schools Association.
Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution
Date: 01/26/2008
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