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Support Student Achievement:
- Support multiple criteria be used to determine promotion and retention and not rely on the results of a single test
- Support efforts to increase the graduation rate in Georgia
- Support efforts to increase the age a student can drop out of school
- Support a full-time school nurse in every school and other health initiatives because healthy children learn better
Support Family Engagement:
- Support multiple opportunities for parent/caregiver involvement in decisions regarding school policies and curriculum
Support Adequate Funding for Education:
- Support public K-12 schools with adequate state funding, reflective of the actual costs of providing the state-defined services
- Support equitable distribution of state funding to K-12 schools
- Support public funding for K-12 education in public schools exclusively
- Oppose any efforts to use public funds for private schools
Support Local Control/Local Decision Making:
- Support local property tax and education SPLOST tax revenue be under the control of the local Board of Education
- Support the right of local Boards of Education to manage and control local public schools
Support Health and Safety:
- Support efforts to reduce bullying
- Support efforts to reduce childhood obesity
Be an advocate for every child!
What
does Georgia PTA do with the priorities?
Priorities form the basis of Georgia PTA's efforts with the Georgia
General Assembly and Congress. Georgia PTA monitors all legislation
and policy issues affecting children and youth, including K-12 education,
postsecondary education, Pre-K, child health and safety, gun safety,
teen driving and underage drinking. Our priorities receive most
of our attention; however, Georgia PTA responds to any legislation
covered by our position statements.
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