...out bad ones by tying teachers' ratings to their students' academic success.Senate Education Committee Chairman Fran Millar, R-Dunwoody, said the preliminary results - particularly the finding that less than 1 percent of teachers are unsatisfactory...

...teachers more than others or use textbook money to hire additional aides, he said.Senate Education Committee Chairman Fran Millar, an Atlanta Republican, predicted that no more than 30 of the state's 180 school districts would earn the highest...

...designate money for their children, and nothing that I've seen since then makes me think otherwise," he said.Sen. Fran Millar, R-Atlanta, said he thinks state lawmakers should create a study committee to investigate the program and compare...

...nonbinding recommendations now go to lawmakers and Gov. Nathan Deal. The General Assembly convenes in January.State Sen. Fran Millar, an Atlanta Republican who led the commission, highlighted the final package's emphasis on technology.Under the...

...they said Deal was drafting his own legislation."I'm telling you, this is part of a bigger issue," said Sen. Fran Millar, a Dunwoody Republican who chairs the Senate Education & Youth Committee. "I would put this off to the side."The...

...conservatively, four or five (legislative) study committees going forward on some of this stuff," said Sen. Fran Millar, a Dunwoody Republican who co-chairs the full commission. "This is an ongoing process."

...the economy is going to improve and we'll be able to put more money into education," said Commission Co-Chairman Fran Millar, a Dunwoody Republican who also chairs the Senate Education Committee.The panel formally adopted recommendations...

...some school systems out there we have some financial issues with, going forward over the next few years," said Sen. Fran Millar, a Dunwoody Republican who chairs the Senate Education Committee. "We think it's something that needs being monitored...

...its funding formula in more than 20 years."The time was right," said state Senate Education Committee Chairman Fran Millar, a Republican from Atlanta. "The consensus is that it's a priority in our schools simply because for a lot of these...

...notes.Instead, people say schools overspend on administration at the district central office, according to Sen. Fran Millar, a Dunwoody Republican who chairs the Senate Education Committee and co-chairs the education-funding commission...