Voter approval of a ballot measure that would allow the state of Georgia to take over schools it deems “chronically failing” could be overturned after the November election. That’s according to a class-action lawsuit backed by groups opposed to Gov. Nathan Deal’s education proposal. The suit says the wording of the measure is “misleading.”
Deal’s proposal would create a state-run school system, the “Opportunity School District” (OSD) as a means to manage schools that repeatedly scored an F on the state’s report card. Currently, the governor’s office says 127 schools, or 6 percent, meet that criteria. The proposal requires a constitutional amendment through voter approval.
According to Gerry Weber, the attorney who filed the suit, the ballot language makes “false promises and is actually contrary to what the constitutional amendment will in fact do.”
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