The Fulton

County Board of Education will vote next month on a wide variety of agenda

items for the 2002 General Assembly.

Each year,

the board looks at a variety of proposals before hashing out a final list

to submit to local state legislators. Some of the items are routine, such

as maintaining competitive salaries for employees, but others are newer

initiatives the board wants to see the General Assembly consider this

year.

Some of the

proposals include:

Increasing

the state funding for alternative programs for habitually disruptive students.

Funding full-time

clinic workers in all grades.

Allowing local

school systems to admit underage children who are academically and developmentally

ready for kindergarten and provide appropriate state funding.

Opposing any

requirement that would permit non-public school students to participate

in activities that are provided to enrolled public school students.

Supporting

full state funding for foreign language programs in grades K-5.

School system

public relations chief Mitzi Edge said board members would look over the

wide array of proposals and vote on them next month.

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