Everyone knows about the unusual conundrum of government spending: Spend it all by the end of the year so you can get the same amount the next year. But the Bibb County Board of Education is taking that idea to new heights. The BOE last week filed a lawsuit against former superintendent Romain Dallemand after it
Georgia House of Representatives member Jeff Jones, a Republican from Brunswick, has prefiled House Bill 13 to grant tax credits to some of Georgia’s teachers. The credit would be directly related to expenses teachers incur to supply and stock their classrooms. The bill, which defines “eligible expenses” as “a necessary and ordinary expense incurred by
This week’s Courier Herald column: With the calendar now having turned to December, we’re roughly half way between last month’s election and next month’s “governing”. An Inauguration is on tap for Friday, January 20th. Congress and the Georgia legislature will begin legislative duties a couple of weeks earlier. While the professional political class and most
Today, Agnes Scott College President Elizabeth Kiss announced that the Decatur college will join Emory University in supporting its DACA students. Last week, a group of more than 700 Emory University students, 100 faculty members, and 17 campus groups sent a letter to their administration urging them to ensure that the private university will be a “sanctuary campus”
Last week, We told you about a letter sent to administrators at Decatur’s Emory University asking that the university be turned into a “sanctuary campus” for undocumented students who were admitted to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program set up by President Obama. Those signing the petition were concerned that President-Elect Trump would terminate
Regent C. Thomas Hopkins, Jr., MD and Regent Jim Hull were both recently appointed to the governing body of the University System of Georgia. Hopkins has been appointed a one-year term as the Board’s chair and Hull a one-year term as vice chair. Hopkins has been a regent officer representing the Third Congressional District since
Governor Nathan Deal has suspended the entire School Board of Dooly County. Dooly County Schools have been under the threat of loss of accreditation. Governor Deal has appointed Martha Ann Todd, Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement, as the liaison between the Governor’s office and Dooly’s interim School Superintendent, Celeta Thomas. Governor
A letter sent to the administration of Emory University in response to the election of Donald J. Trump asks the private school to provide additional resources for undocumented students, and asks for policies that would, in effect, turn Emory into a sanctuary campus. The letter has been signed by 17 campus organizations, along with over
Many in the education establishment say two things: 1. “If only teachers were free to teach!” 2. “Anything for our kids!” Well, we have an opportunity to put those two principles in action – by voting “yes” on Constitutional Amendment 1 on the Georgia ballot in the Nov. 8 election. The amendment would allow the
In response to Governor Deal’s statements, this is a guest editorial by Francys Johnson, the State President of the Georgia NAACP. Johnson has served in ordained ministry for eighteen years. He is the Senior Minister at the Mount Moriah Baptist Church in Pembroke, Georgia and the Magnolia Missionary Baptist Church in Statesboro, Georgia. Johnson is in private
