ATLANTA – A bill that would expand the state’s limited school voucher program to include military families and foster care children has cleared a hurdle in the Georgia Senate.
The Senate Education Committee approved the measure Thursday in a 5-2 vote. The bill, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers, a Woodstock Republican, will go the full state Senate for a vote.
The bill would use taxpayer money to send the students to the school of their choice, including private schools. The state already gives such vouchers to special-needs students under a program started in 2007.
Just six states and Washington, D.C., have voucher programs for low-income or special-needs students.