Beach looks to help in-state students

State Sen. Brandon Beach, R-Alpharetta, pre-filed legislation requiring the state’s four research universities– the University of Georgia, Georgia Tech, Georgia State and Augusta — to offer at least 90 percent of early action admissions to Georgia resident students. Beach was motivated after a phone conversation with a University of Georgia official who said a whopping 41 percent of students recently accepted for early admissions live outside the state. Shouldn’t it be a bipartisan effort to have more Georgia young people educated in our state in order to have them to stay, work and raise families? Let’s hope support for Beach’s bill is RISING…