While North Carolina keeps the charter school movement under more and more regulations, Georgia is moving ahead. Yesterday Gov. Perdue signed three bills to boost charter schools. One allows for the state to give matching funds to charter schools for capital improvements or construction. Another bill makes the staff at charter schools eligible for the state health benefits. The third bill is the most exciting.  Now charter school applicants which are rejected by their local boards of education can seek approval from a newly formed State Charter Commission.  Currently there are 70 charter schools operating in Georgia, and as many as 100 are expected to open next year.
Center For Education Reform praises the state with their press release.  Allowing for the advancement of charter schools needs to be a topic for North Carolina campaigns this year.