Woah! Voucher bill makes it to Governor
April 1, 2008 by elcap
The Georgia state Senate just passed a voucher bill, already approved by the House. The bill now goes to Republican Governor Sonny Perdue.
Does anyone know when the Governor may take a look at it? And what the chances are? Is it more likely that he’ll sign it or pull a feisty Puerto Rican and get into a fist fight?
For more on the Georgia voucher bill, HB1133, click here.
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UPDATE: Coverage in today’s Atlanta Journal-Constitution is available here; a substantive overview of the bill, here. According to A Chicago Blog, the Georgia Governor signed a special needs voucher bill into law last year.
[...] A fellow blogivist alerts us to a breaking development in Georgia. The State Senate has approved a tuition tax credit scholarship program (read the full bill). The bill now just needs to be signed by the Governor, Sonny Perdue. Perdue signed a special-needs voucher program last year, so there is every reason to expect he’ll sign this bill as well. [...]
[...] Tax Scholarship in Georgia A fellow blogivist alerts us to a breaking development in Georgia. The State Senate has approved a tuition tax credit [...]