Thread by @StephenGBPI

Our children's public schools have taken a $950 million cut during a worldwide pandemic

$10.2 billion cut over the last 19 years

So of course lawmakers have filed HB 60, a voucher to divert hundreds of millions of dollars more to private schools #GaPol
legis.ga.gov/legislation/58…

$543 million. That's what the Department of Audits and Accounts calculated a voucher like this would cost the state once fully implemented.

While kids are going to fast food parking lots to do their homework because they don't have internet at home.

Here's bill analysis I wrote about this in 2019.

"Lower test scores are not the only legacy of school vouchers. In Arizona, the state’s Attorney General audited the state voucher system and found 'persistent' misuse of funds year after year."

gbpi.org/millions-diver…

One major tweak to this new iteration is the fact that this voucher targets schools that haven't opened for 100% in-person instruction. Sorry, "local control," the Georgia General Assembly knows what's best for you.

Heaven forbid the Georgia taxpayer find out which private school has received public money.

This bill, like all vouchers in Georgia, is ripe for fraud.

What do you do? Find out who your legislator is, call them. Email them. Facebook them. Tweet at them. Ask them to keep public funds in public schools, and to reject H.B. 60.

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