DORIE TURNER, Associated Press Writer
ATLANTA – A state lawmaker wants to expand Georgia’s limited school voucher program to include students in foster care and from military families.
Sen. Chip Rogers, a Woodstock Republican, announced Wednesday he is introducing legislation that would use taxpayer money to send the students to private schools. The state already gives such vouchers to families with special-needs students under a program that started in 2007.
About 2,100 students in Georgia are receiving the vouchers.
“We think this is the next logical step in providing choice to children and their parents,” Rogers said during a news conference at the state Capitol.