Georgia Senate Passes Controversial School Board Districts Map Amid Criticism; School Choice Scholarships Soar in Popularity
Democrats claim the new map doesn't address racial discrimination issues, while parents increasingly turn to school choice scholarships following pandemic-induced learning loss.
- The Georgia state Senate has passed a bill to redraw school board districts in Georgia’s second-largest school system after a federal judge ruled they were unconstitutionally discriminatory.
- Democrats warn that the Republican-backed map doesn't fix the racial discrimination that led U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross to order the Cobb County school district to not use the map in the May 2024 election.
- The lawsuit alleges that Republicans illegally crammed Black and Hispanic voters into three districts in the southern part of the suburban Atlanta county, solidifying Republicans’ hold on the remaining four districts.
- School choice scholarships have seen soaring popularity in recent years following the learning loss experienced by children across the U.S. during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
- ACE Scholarships, a nonprofit committed to helping parents access better education options for their school-aged children through private school partnerships, awarded a record 14,090 scholarships to K-12 children across the country for the 2023-2024 school year.
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