Hundreds of online charter school students, parents and teachers came to the state Capitol Wednesday to ask state Senators to approve a constitutional amendment to allow the state to create charter schools. The measure comes after a Georgia Supreme Court decision which declared state formed charter schools unconstitutional.
Online charter school supporters say the constitutional amendment would ensure the legality of state created charter schools. That includes two online charter schools which currently exist in the state. Austell Parent Jay Young has two children enrolled in the Georgia Cyber Academy.
“I’m fairly concerned about it if it doesn’t pass. We’ve been in public school, we’ve been in charter school and we’ve been back to public school. We’re now in a virtual school and this seems to be the best place for our family dynamic right now, so we’re fairly concerned.
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