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Board approves GSBA positions to lower compulsory attendance age, seeks local control for rehiring retired teachers
Summary
At its March 5 meeting, the Savannah-Chatham County Board of Public Education approved recommendations to the Georgia School Boards Association to lower the compulsory attendance starting age from 6 to 5 and to seek revisions that would let local districts set eligibility rules for rehiring retired teachers.
The Savannah-Chatham County Board of Public Education on March 5 approved two recommendations to the Georgia School Boards Association aimed at changing state education policy: lowering the compulsory school enrollment age from 6 to 5 and asking the GSBA to support changes that would let local districts define eligibility for rehiring retired teachers.
Board member Jessica Grabowski introduced the proposals and framed them as aligning district priorities with statewide legislative momentum. “If ever we want to propose something different to GSBA, that it needs to be voted on by our full board,” Grabowski said, noting that Senate Bill 65 had been introduced by “Senator Mallow, also sponsored by…
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