Nearly a dozen charter schools affected by a Georgia Supreme Court decision are one step closer to keeping their doors open.
A committee of the state Board of Education has approved applications for 11 charter schools. The schools were in danger of closing after the state's highest court ruled last month that the commission that created them was illegal.
The full state school board is expected to approve the applications during a meeting Tuesday morning. Most of the schools face losing half their funding because they sought state approval rather than going through a local school district.
At least one charter school affected by the ruling is delaying opening for a year to do more fundraising.