- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Serial:
- By the Governor of the State of Georgia, a proclamation.
- Title:
- A proclamation: School Choice Week, Jan. 20, 2015
- Creator:
- Georgia. Governor
- Contributor to Resource:
- Deal, Nathan
- Publisher:
- [Atlanta, Georgia] : [Office of the Governor]
- Date of Original:
- 2015-01-20
- Subject:
- Georgia--Politics and government
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- proclamations
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Description based on: January 18, 2012 ; title from PDF caption (Georgia Government Publications database, viewed February 16, 2017).
Latest issue consulted: September 16, 2015 (Georgia Government Publications database, viewed February 16, 2017). - External Identifiers:
- Call Number GA G600 .S1 M4 2015/1-20A
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-bg600-b-ps1-bm4-b2015-s1-h20a
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-bg600-b-ps1-bm4-b2015-s1-h20a
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA
A PROCLAMATION
SCHOOL CHOICE WEEK
WHEREAS:
All children in Georgia have the right to high-quality public schools. Improving the quality of education and expanding access to highly effective schools is an issue of great importance to the future of our state; and
WHEREAS:
Georgia recognizes the critical role that an effective and accountable education system plays in preparing our children to be successful in a globalized economy. As a result, the state has a multitude of high-quality public schools, public charter schools, and nonpublic schools; and
WHEREAS:
School choice options for families are growing exponentially across the country in six main areas: traditional public schools, public charter schools, magnet schools, private schools, virtual schools, and home schools. Opportunity scholarships, scholarship and tuition tax credits, and empowerment scholarship accounts are also programs allowing parents to choose the best education environment for their children; and
WHEREAS:
Georgia has many outstanding teaching professionals in public, private, and charter schools across the state who are committed to educating our children well. As research in Georgia and across our nation demonstrates, providing children with multiple schooling options improves academic performance, regardless of income level, geography, or learning ability; and
WHEREAS:
The vital cause of education reform is one that transcends ideology and partisan affiliation; now
THEREFORE:
I, NATHAN DEAL, Governor of the State of Georgia, do hereby recognize january 25-31, 2015, as SCHOOL CHOICE WEEK in Georgia so that we may better appreciate the importance of providing an educational system with enough options to encompass all students and the various ways in which they learn.
In witness thereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the
Executive Department to be affixed this 2Qth day of january in the year of our
Lord two thousand fifteen.
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GOVERNOR
ATTEST
CHIEF OF STAFF