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APS district advocates warn property-tax rollback could shift school funding to sales taxes, urge vigilance on literacy and safety bills
Summary
At a District 3 community meeting, Erica Long and APS stakeholders outlined legislative developments: a House plan to phase out homestead property taxes (which would require a constitutional referendum), a push to fund K–3 literacy coaches, and proposals to require weapons-detection systems — all with potential budget implications for Atlanta Public Schools.
Erica Long, who is working with the district on legislative priorities, told attendees at the Atlanta Public Schools District 3 meeting that state lawmakers are considering several measures that could materially affect local school budgets.
Long said the House has passed an early-literacy bill that would "fund a literacy coach in every school that has grades K through three," a change district leaders view as potentially helpful but still contingent on final budget and implementation details. She added that while early-literacy funding is a priority among House leadership, "nothing is set in stone until the bill is passed, signed into law by the governor, [and] effective dates are set."
The meeting's central funding concern focused…
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