Rick Jackson
Would raise teacher pay, focus on childhood literacy and have Georgia match the $1,000 federal Trump Accounts deposit for every child.
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In short
Jackson's campaign would raise teacher pay, focus on reading and match the $1,000 federal Trump Accounts deposit for every child; Bottoms' would fully fund schools, end state income tax for teachers and open a path to free technical and community college. As mayor, Bottoms launched Atlanta's Child Savings Account program in 2021 with $2 million in city money. Qualifying kindergartners get a $50 deposit; releases do not say how many got one.
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What each campaign says.
Keisha Lance Bottoms
Would fully fund schools, update the school funding formula, end state income tax for teachers and open a path to free technical and community college.
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Keisha Lance Bottoms: Matches stated record claim
She launched it in 2021 with $2 million in city money; qualifying kindergartners get a savings account with a $50 deposit set up by Operation HOPE.
Full detail
Her campaign says she started Atlanta's Child Savings Account program, which opened bank accounts with seed money for Atlanta Public Schools kindergartners. On Nov. 15, 2021, her office said the city council had approved her plan to give $2 million to the nonprofit Operation HOPE to set up the program. On Nov. 19 she announced its launch with Atlanta Public Schools: qualifying kindergartners get a savings account with a $50 deposit. The release says the city's $2 million was made possible by community incentives she negotiated in the Gulch redevelopment deal. Limit: Only qualifying kindergartners get an account: the family or the school must meet income and equity criteria. Operation HOPE sets up the accounts and puts in the $50, and the city's releases do not say how many children got one.
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- Rick Jackson for Governor, action planhttps://rickjackson.com/action-plan/
Jackson for Governor, Inc. · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Captured 2026-09-23. His platform, about 1,400 words across 17 headings. It links a fuller nine-page plan (jackson-action-plan-pdf).
candidate statement
For: Rick Jackson: campaign position
- Keisha for Governor, issueshttps://www.keishaforgovernor.com/issues
Keisha for Governor · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Captured 2026-09-23. Her platform, in ten sections.
candidate statement
For: Keisha Lance Bottoms: campaign position
- Keisha for Governor, track record: economy and educationhttps://www.keishaforgovernor.com/issues/education
Keisha for Governor · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Captured 2026-09-23. The detail page behind the economy item on her track record page. The site files it at /issues/education.
candidate statement
For: Keisha Lance Bottoms: Matches stated record claim
- Mayor Bottoms' Child Savings Account Program and Mayors for a Guaranteed Income Pilot Legislation Approvedhttps://web.archive.org/web/20211215172153/https://www.atlantaga.gov/Home/Components/News/News/13909/672
City of Atlanta, Mayor's Office of Communications · Published Nov 15, 2021 · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026
Her office's release of Nov. 15, 2021. The council approved $2 million to Operation HOPE for savings accounts with a one-time $50 deposit for kindergartners from low-income households. Archived copy; the city's site blocks this desk.
official office record
For: Keisha Lance Bottoms: Matches stated record claim
- Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Announces Launch of Child Savings Account and Youth Entrepreneurship Programshttps://web.archive.org/web/20211119224946/https://www.atlantaga.gov/Home/Components/News/News/13917/672
City of Atlanta, Mayor's Office of Communications · Published Nov 19, 2021 · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026
Her office's release of Nov. 19, 2021. Launches the savings accounts with Atlanta Public Schools and Operation HOPE, and puts $2 million of American Rescue Plan money into the Youth Entrepreneurship Program with the United Way. Archived copy; the city's site blocks this desk.
official office record
For: Keisha Lance Bottoms: Matches stated record claim