Among the colleges being consolidated:

Swainsboro Technical and Southeastern Technical in Vidalia.

Valdosta Technical and East Central Technical in Fitzgerald.

Northwestern Technical in Rock Spring and Coosa Valley Technical in Rome.

West Central Technical in Waco and West Georgia Technical in LaGrange.

Appalachian Technical in Jasper and North Georgia Technical in Clarkesville.

Griffin Technical and Flint River Technical in Thomaston.

Chattahoochee Technical in Marietta and North Metro Technical in Acworth.

The merger of Chattahoochee and North Metro already is under way, Light said.

Including Savannah Tech, there are 33 schools in the technical-college system.
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No campuses will close but the cut in administration cost is expected to save the state 3.5 million dollars. To what degree the savings will cost the state in stessing management and perhaps hampering the role the schools play in attracting jobs is unknown.

How the mergers will impact programs and class offering also is no known, though the state is down playing that aspect of the change. The states take on it is that each school will be able to offer more programs. With the need to cut cost that suggestion is probably a bit of state propaganda to reduce opposition. While I would doubt new programs, hopefully, the plan will reduce the need to curtail programs.