ATLANTA — Gov. Nathan Deal vetoed a handful of bills passed by lawmakers, including one that would have made it easier to enroll in Georgia’s voucher program for special-needs students.
MARIETTA, Ga. - The state is rolling out its first quality rating system for child care centers, part of an effort to spur improvements in early care programs for children across the state.
ATLANTA - The Justice Department said Thursday it is investigating claims of discrimination against students with disabilities in Georgia public school systems after a nonprofit group filed a ...
Civil rights groups, college students and public officials called for an end to stand-your-ground laws, warning they feared those laws could pose a menace in Georgia.
ATLANTA - Georgia lawmakers should give last year's changes to the HOPE scholarship time to work before considering any new changes, Gov. Nathan Deal said Tuesday.
The state started with just a handful of charter districts, but now more than a dozen have converted - from the north Georgia mountains to Decatur City Schools.
ATLANTA - House Republicans on Wednesday scrambled to win enough votes to pass a constitutional amendment that would allow them to create charter schools.
Ga. lawmakers consider anti-hazing bill ATLANTA - Students convicted of hazing would be barred from enrolling in many Georgia schools, under legislation now being considered by state lawmakers.
ATLANTA - Georgia lawmakers filed a constitutional amendment Tuesday to address a state Supreme Court ruling that disbanded the state's charter school commission last year.
ATLANTA - University System of Georgia Chancellor Hank Huckaby said Thursday he is confident the state Board of Regents will vote next week to approve consolidating eight colleges into four.
ATLANTA - More Georgia students than ever before are relying on federally subsidized school meals - many for the first time - as families struggle to make ends meet in the sluggish economy.
The state House is looking at betting on horse racing. A report commissioned by the state lottery found that casinos at key locations across the state could generate nearly $1 billion a year.
An attorney for a graduate school counseling student told federal judges in Atlanta on Tuesday that the student's First Amendment rights were violated when professors at Augusta State University ...
Members of a statewide task force said Wednesday they want to offer low-interest state loans to build new reservoirs and wells in hopes of increasing Georgia's water supply, which has been ...
ATLANTA - The Rev. Jesse Jackson and a group of Occupy Atlanta protesters took over the lobby of SunTrust Plaza in downtown Atlanta for about an hour Friday afternoon as workers left for the day.
A state commission voted Thursday to yank the teaching licenses of eight teachers and three school administrators in the Atlanta Public Schools, imposing the first sanctions in the nation's ...
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