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Posted: 12:54 PM Mar 12, 2010
Cox: Raise lottery ticket prices for schools
State schools Superintendent Kathy Cox says lottery ticket prices should be raised to help pay for K-12 education in Georgia.
Reporter: Dorie Turner |
Staff Photo: Jonathan Phillips
State Superintendent of Schools Kathy Cox teaches a short lesson to Jen Pang, left, Brandon Haynes and the rest of their seventh-grade social studies class at Trickum Middle School in Lilburn on Thursday. “These visits give me the opportunity to meet face-to-face with the people on the front lines of education in Georgia,” Cox said. |
ATLANTA (AP) - State schools Superintendent Kathy Cox says
lottery ticket prices should be raised to help pay for K-12
education in Georgia.
Cox said during an appearance Friday on CNN that hiking the price by just 50 cents per ticket could raise $350 million to help fill a massive hole left by state budget cuts in the last two years. Cox said raising prices would ensure K-12 got money while also preserving funding for the HOPE college scholarship and state's prekindergarten program.
The state constitution already allows lottery revenue to go to technology and buildings for elementary and high schools, but
lawmakers stopped allotting that money to K-12 in 2003. Cox said
the state's education budget has been slashed by nearly $3 billion
in the last 19 months.
Cox, a Republican, is running for her third term as state school chief.
A lottery spokeswoman said she would have a comment later Friday.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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