URGENT MESSAGE: Ask Your House Member to Support HR 1162 Today
The push for a constitutional amendment to protect charter schools cleared its first hurdle last Thursday, February 2. A floor vote in the House could come later this week. We cannot stress enough how important this amendment is for keeping online schools operating in Georgia. Please visit http://www.gavirtualed.org/ action/
Latest from the Blog Charter School Amendment Passes
Online public school students and their parents won a huge victory with the passage of HR 1162. GFPVE wants to thank all of you that attended our Capitol Day and participated in the calls and emails to legislators. Your involvement truly makes a difference.
RSVP for GFPVE Capitol Day 2012
Please join us in Atlanta for our Annual Capitol Day on Wednesday, March 7, 2012. This year's Capitol Day could be the most important time you ever spend preserving the future of your child's online public charter school. We have two critical legislative issues before the General Assembly, and we need your help! Capitol Day gives all virtual school parents and students the opportunity to visit the Capitol Building in Atlanta and to make sure your voice is heard when it comes to support for educational choice. Please RSVP to this free event today at http://www.gavirtualed.org/rsvp/!
HR 1162 Still Alive, We Need Your Help
After failing to receive the 120 votes necessary for a two-thirds constitutional majority on Wednesday (110-63), the constitutional amendment to protect state charter schools was kept alive when the motion to reconsider passed (114-49). This means that HR 1162 can be called back to the House floor for debate in the coming weeks if we can help persuade 10 more legislators to vote in favor of the resolution. Please continue to contact your legislators in support of HR 1162 by visiting our Action Center.
