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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Georgia legislators anticipate heated debates in the final four days of the session starting Monday, centered on a school consolidation bill facing Senate opposition from Lt. Gov. Marvin Griffin, despite House approval led by Speaker Fred Hand. Additional bills cover a statewide toll road and legislative efficiency reforms.
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BY DONALD F. MARTIN International News Service Staff Correspondent
Georgia legislators rested over the weekend, and political observers believe the law-makers were enjoying the calm before the fury of the last four days of an otherwise "peaceful" legislative session.
A traditional house-senate wrangle is expected over school consolidation.
The possible fight also pushes two political rivals and potential gubernatorial candidates, house speaker Fred Hand and Senate President Marvin Griffin, into the center arena.
The school consolidation bill was passed in the House by the goodly margin of 127 to 12. But when the measure arrived at the upper chamber, Lt. Gov. Griffin set it up for a public hearing Tuesday afternoon.
Griffin claimed his action was prompted from some "400 telegrams and a bunch of letters" he received expressing disapproval of the ever-controversial proposal.
HAS CHAMPIONS
Educators such as associate school superintendent J. I. Allman and representatives of the Georgia Education Association begged for the school-merger legislation after the Georgia Supreme Court ruled that County Boards of Education may consolidate whole schools but not school grades.
The measure approved by the House restores the authority of Boards to merge entire schools or portions of them. Speaker Hand declared yesterday:
"Unless that Bill or one containing its provisions passes, Education will be retarded in the entire state."
Hand, who heads the state school building authority, added that if the bill fails to garner senate approval, small rural schools could be "adversely affected."
The upper and lower chambers have clashed over various matters in the last three sessions, and this week's battle will probably make it the fourth time - highlighted by the moves of Griffin and Hand.
ROAD BILL
Another measure - which could kick up dust in the last four days of the Atlanta session - is the House-approved toll road bill.
The bill sets up a Georgia turnpike authority which could construct a 290-mile state-wide toll road
The road would be part of a continental thoroughfare from Chicago-to-Miami
The measure now rests with the State of the Republic committee. Committee chairman Iris Blitch who has studied the proposal, said that "there are enough votes in the Senate to pass it."
The House Monday will receive a committee recommendation on steps to make lawmaking more efficient
Numbered among the provisions of the bill are an electric voting machine and the reduction of standing committees from 63 to 20.
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Georgia legislators prepare for the final four days of the session starting Monday, with expected conflict over the House-passed school consolidation bill, which faces a Senate public hearing prompted by Lt. Gov. Marvin Griffin due to public opposition. Speaker Fred Hand supports the bill to restore school merger authority following a Supreme Court ruling. Additional measures include a toll road bill under Senate consideration and a legislative efficiency bill with voting machines and reduced committees.