www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com Senate Bill 369 was approved by a vote of 32-21 in the chamber. The Senate rejected — in a 22-30 vote — a proposed amendment that would have let the county's voters have the final say on whether the change would be made.
Another amendment that would have changed SB 369 to apply to all school boards in Georgia was ruled out of order.
Senate Bill 369 was authored by state Sen. Clint Dixon, R-Buford, whose children do not attend Gwinnett County Public Schools. Both proposed amendments were presented by state Sen. Nikki Merritt, D-Grayson.
"Over the past few months, I have had increasing numbers of constituents contacting me directly about concerns over the operations of our school board in Gwinnett County," Dixon told the Senate. "The education of our children ... should be a nonpartisan issue.
"Let's get politics out of our schools and once again focus on educating our children."
Merritt told her fellow senators, "We we want to pose that question to our voters and not one senator. We have seven senators in our delegation. One senator is making this decision. One. He represents 10% of the Gwinnett population. We are a population of (nearly) 1 million (people in Gwinnett)."
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