That includes $56 million legislators added to the budget to boost a key funding source that pays primarily for teacher salaries -- money they added over her veto.
Each school in a charter district creates a council of teachers, parents and community members that makes budgetary, hiring and other decisions instead of relying on the district's central administration.
One mother says she was never contacted by the school district following a school bus accident on Thursday.
A new statistic shows 70 percent of charter schools made AYP last year while 73 percent of regular schools made AYP.
The district is spending about $600,000 each month paying salaries for those teachers, who are on leave.
When they came out, board Vice Chairman John Corbitt issued a statement saying President George Cooper would have to answer any questions about the school's internal investigation.
Charter schools are public schools that have been granted some freedom from state mandates in exchange for innovation.
House Speaker Pro Tem Jan Jones has added language guaranteeing that cash-strapped schools will not see reduced funding if the state creates charter schools.
Common Core outlines what skills students in kindergarten through 12th grade nationwide should learn to be ready for college and careers, replacing the standards that now vary state-to-state.
Experts say 1.2 million adults in Georgia do not have a high school diploma or GED. More than 19,000 residents earned their GED last year through the technical college system's adult education program.
After a decade under No Child Left Behind, Georgia schools are the first in the country to transition to a new system.
School board members have been without a superintendent since October, when school board members voted to fire Mary Rice Crenshaw.
Every single member of the Columbia County Board of Education feels the same way about a proposed charter school amendment.
Support is mixed throughout the state for a proposed amendment to Georgia's constitution on how charter schools are approved.
Starting next fall, students who are zoned for other schools in South Carolina can choose to come to charter schools instead.
The University of Georgia Alumni Association is accepting nominations for this year's "40 Under 40" awards.
Richmond County school safety officers say a student is in jail, accused of having a weapon on school property.
The University of Georgia will join in the efforts of awarding low-income students through the state’s new needs-based REACH Scholarship program.
The law requires all students to be proficient in reading and math by 2014.
The College Board released its annual report Wednesday showing that Georgia ranks 13th in the country for the percentage of students scoring 3 or higher on the tests.
A South Carolina school is taking a new approach to education, through the use of Montessori classrooms, which allow students to work at their own pace. Barnwell Primary has started one of the first public programs in the area.
A group of approximately 10 members from the organization toured the nursing lab, new paramedic classroom and visited with the Sim Man and Sim Baby.
AT&T joined the governor at Georgia Tech to announce the company will contribute $250,000 to the REACH Scholarship program.
School officials are now speaking to News 12 about allegations involving a Columbia County bus driver making threats to elementary students.
Students at North Augusta High School are taking a pledge to stop texting and driving.
