Amid the usual spate of well-publicized names and races on the Nov. 8 ballot, voters across Georgia will choose among four constitutional amendments they can pass into law. The first and most controversial would grant state control of schools deemed to be “chronically failing.” It would allow the governor to create “opportunity school districts” for schools that fall below a score of 60 on the state’s College and Career Ready Performance Index over a three-year span.
Editorial: State amendment offers a top-down school fix
Opportunity district vote could duplicate bureaucracy, undermine local jurisdiction
