Equalization formula cuts school funding for some of poorest schools in Ga.
by Georgia Public Broadcasting
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Lawmakers passed a bill this year that tweaked the formula that allocates money to Georgia’s school districts. The intention was to make sure more money went to poor, rural districts.

But the largest grants this fall will go to districts that are neither rural nor comparatively poor.

The “equalization” fund’s biggest check this fall-- $43 million dollars-- will go to metro Atlanta’s Gwinnett County, Georgia’s largest school district. But some districts in dire financial situations will receive less—or no money at all, like middle Georgia’s Hancock County.

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