Georgia Governor Joe Frank Harris signed legislation over forty years ago that had to do with how school districts in the state are funded.  That funding mechanism is known as the Quality Basic Education (QBE) formula.  Lawmakers in Georgia say that it may be time for a fresh look at education funding.

On Friday of last week, Senate Majority Leader Mike Dugan told members of a Senate committee that it was time to consider whether changes were needed. “QBE was done 40-plus years ago,” the Carrollton Republican said. “The way we educate our children has changed in that time period and what this committee is to look at is are we allocating the resources to the areas of education that are most appropriate today.”

When Chattooga County schools went to a four-day school week the first time, there was a lot of talk about how the QBE funding was affecting local school districts.  That’s because for sixteen years the state cut the funding. But for the past five years QBE has been fully funded by the Georgia General Assembly.

Senator Dugan is promising whatever politicians do with the QBE funding, it “won’t be ominous”.