State lawmakers to recalculate Georgia’s school funding math

Powerful state lawmakers to recalculate Georgia’s politically fraught school funding math

The 1985 Quality Basic Education formula that funds Georgia schools could be getting a revamp. A Senate committee is set to discuss potential changes beginning in August.

State lawmakers to recalculate Georgia’s school funding math

ATLANTA -- When Georgia lawmakers created the formula to pay for the state's public schools, President Reagan was celebrating the start of his second term, "Purple Rain" cassettes were flying

Powerful state lawmakers to recalculate Georgia’s politically fraught school funding math

When Georgia lawmakers created the formula to pay for its public schools, President Ronald Reagan was celebrating the start of his second term, Purple Rain cassettes were flying off of […]

Powerful state lawmakers to recalculate Georgia’s politically fraught school funding math - Now Habersham

When Georgia lawmakers created the formula to pay for its public schools, President Ronald Reagan was celebrating the start of his second term, Purple Rain cassettes were flying off of the shelves, and children were monopolizing family TVs with their state-of-the-art Nintendo Entertainment Systems.The White House has changed occupants six times since then, and the average high schooler now carries around more computing power in their pocket than…