Georgia schools chief, state lawmakers at odds over proposed performance rating system
Lawmakers could decide the format with which schools and districts grade their performance. Photo by Dan Forer/GettyImages It’s not just students who bring home report cards. Since 2012, the College and Career Readiness Performance Index has offered a measure of the performance of schools and districts on a number of factors. Parents can use the…
More than 500 new Russia sanctions levied by White House after Navalny death
More than 500 new sanctions meant to disrupt Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ability to fund and wage war were imposed by the Biden administration on Friday. Putin is shown making a speech in Red Square during a Victory Day military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the victory in World War II, on June 24,…
Georgia House panel debates proposed public school trans bathroom bill, prompting sharp criticism
Georgia lawmakers are considering assigning bathrooms based on the type of gamete a student’s body produces, a move LGBTQ+ advocates say would create needless hardship for transgender students. Getty Images Where should transgender students go to use the bathroom? That’s one of the questions pondered by the Georgia House Education Policy Subcommittee Thursday as it…
‘Religious liberty’ legislation emerges from eight-year slumber at the Georgia Capitol
Acworth Republican Sen. Ed Setzler, front, is the lead sponsor of a religious freedom law he contends will protect Georgians from local and state government infringing on their rights to practice their faith. File photo Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder The Georgia Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a divisive bill on Thursday that its backers contend will give…
GOP lawmakers ready to ease limits on hospital construction, set aside Medicaid expansion for now
State Rep. Butch Parrish, a Swainsboro Republican, is the main sponsor of a new health care bill. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder (file) A long-awaited health care proposal from House leaders would ease health care business regulations in some cases, but the measure is just as notable for what it does not do: expand Medicaid. Instead, the…
Gold Dome culture wars: GOP bills aim to limit school sex ed, remove books and install chaplains
Fewer library books, more chaplains and the Ten Commandments could soon be on the way to Georgia public schools. Getty Images Sex. That’s what students in Georgia could be hearing less about if a raft of legislation moving through state Senate committees keeps moving before the big legislative deadline at the end of the month.…