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“the qualified voters voting thereon in each separate school system proposed to be consolidated” —GA Constitution



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EDUCATION




SECTION V.

LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS

Paragraph I. School systems continued; consolidation of school
systems authorized; new independent school systems prohibited.
Authority is granted to county and area boards of education to establish
and maintain public schools within their limits. Existing county and
independent school systems shall be continued, except that the General
Assembly may provide by law for the consolidation of two or more county
school systems, independent school systems, portions thereof, or any
combination thereof into a single county or area school system under
the control and management of a county or area board of education,
under such terms and conditions as the General Assembly may prescribe;
but no such consolidation shall become effective until approved by a
majority of the qualified voters voting thereon in each separate school
system proposed to be consolidated. No independent school system shall
hereafter be established.

91% of voters support using solar power in NC —Ivan Urlaub of NCSEA

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the previous speaker,
Ivan Urlaub of the

North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association (NCSEA)
pointed out there are downsides to too many incentives, such as
too much dependence on them which means if they end, so can the industry.
So how to generate demand?

They’ve done it in North Carolina:



91% of voters support using solar power to meet our growing needs for energy and electricity

Solar is hands down the most popular energy source across NC,
across parties, ages, genders, etc.
Coal and nuclear are the politically charged energy sources,
and neither got a majority.
Number 2 was offshore wind with 83% and number 3 was onshore wind
with 82% support.
Here’s the

NCSEA press release.
Here’s

the survey.

How did they do this?

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