Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns is leaning into the push to pass a voucher plan funding private school tuition and home schooling, looking to change the minds of fellow Republican skeptics.
Burns made what he said was his first-ever appearance at a House Education Committee meeting Wednesday. He urged the panel to advance a voucher plan that’s been rolled together with a number of other initiatives, in an apparent attempt to gain support. The committee approved Senate Bill 233 on a party-line vote, setting the stage for a vote on the House floor on Thursday.
“I would like for our House to send a clear signal, we will not let our children continue to be trapped in a failing school, that we’re taking a stand to give the parents of Georgia better options, and we’re unlocking the doors to the future for the children across this state,” Burns told committee members.
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