Georgia Senate passes another exemption to participation requirements of new private education voucher program

Children of active duty military parents would be able to obtain one of Georgia’s new private education tuition subsidies without having to first attend an underperforming public school, under a measure adopted by the Georgia Senate Tuesday.

The state began taking applications this month for the new Georgia Promise Scholarship Act, a $6,500 annual private education subsidy, commonly known as a voucher, which was passed into law last year.

The program requires that students, except for rising kindergartners, first attend a public school performing in the bottom 25% in order to participate…

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