By SAM DILLON
Published: May 16, 2011
A ruling by the Georgia Supreme Court on Monday cast doubt on the future of 17 charter schools there, leaving thousands of families uncertain about whether classes will continue through the end of the academic year and how students will continue in the fall.
In a 4-to-3 decision, the Georgia court struck down a law empowering a special statewide commission to approve and finance charter schools even over the objections of local school boards.
National charter school advocates, who had closely watched the case, said they feared the ruling could encourage a new wave of litigation against charter schools, which are publicly financed but independently run.
Since the law established it in 2008, the Georgia Charter School Commission had authorized operations and public financing for 17 schools, officials said. Nine of them, with a collective enrollment of about 8,000 students, are in operation this year; eight new ones were to open this fall with an additional enrollment of about 7,000 students, said Tony Roberts, president of the Georgia Charter Schools Association.
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The Prosperous Party firmly beleives in supporting education. We look to increase funding for schools, raising standards and furhtering education into young adulthood. By increasing funds, we can be sure to give students the best educational experience possible. And by raising academic standards, we are insuring that we are preparing students fully for the future that lies ahead of them. And by furthering educaton into young adulthood we are bettering the furture of the Franklin States of America.
The WOP believes that no school should be closed down for the benefit of learning. Funds will be provided by the WOP and we will continue to believe that any school district deserves to be supported. Considering that the issue is taken up in a courtroom, one thing that may be done by the WOP is to lobby. Like Ziebarth said, "Hey, if we can’t kill them in the Legislature, we can try to kill them in the courtroom."
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