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Georgia schools accountability agency gets new leader

ATLANTA - A state agency created two decades ago to hold Georgia public schools accountable for student performance will have a new interim leader. Gov. Brian Kemp's policy director will take over as the interim executive director of the Governor’s Office of Student...

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Georgia lawmakers to study chronic student absenteeism

ATLANTA - More students have been skipping school since the COVID-19 pandemic, and Georgia lawmakers are looking into the problem. A leading state Senate Republican announced Tuesday that he is forming a committee on the issue. Sen. John F. Kennedy, R-Macon, will also...

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