Georgia's Early Learning Grant Application: 51 Million Dollars
This grant sets up a governance structure for all public early learning (birth-5) in the State of Georgia.
It puts the governor and one private business leader in charge of everything. (pages 102 and 103)
The governance structure will remain in effect after the grant expires. (pages 105 and 106)
Over 5 million of the grant is for the expansion of the workforce birth-5 data system. (page 323)
Georgia's Race to the Top Grant Application from 2010
Parents and School Board members had no say in this grant application.
Georgia's "Flexibility" Waiver
Submitted by the Georgia Department of Education to the U.S. Department of Education
Notice the absence of input from the following:
1. The parents of the students served
2. School Board members as locally elected representatives
This is a link to an article that details the upcoming plans to have students select a career path in 8th grade and how the HOPE scholarship will be based on this and students taking either AP, IB or dual enrollment courses. It is related to the 5 year plan. None of these changes have been officially approved by parents or school board members.