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Senate education committee unanimously approves allowing capital outlay for pre-K classrooms
Summary
The committee unanimously approved SB 360 to allow school systems to use capital outlay funding to build pre-K classrooms; sponsor said the change is permissive, estimated $181 per child for capital outlay, and argued it could help serve tens of thousands of unserved pre-K–age children.
The Georgia Senate Education Committee unanimously voted to report SB 360, which would allow school systems to use capital outlay funds to construct pre-K classroom space. The sponsor described the measure as permissive: systems would have the option, not the obligation, to apply capital outlay funds to pre-K construction.
During a lengthy presentation, the sponsor (identified in the…
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