A bill to make Erie County its own judicial district passed the State Assembly on Thursday as lawmakers rejected a request by the state court system to delay the proposal until next year.

The law will also require 180 of Georgia’s school districts to set up an anonymous reporting system statewide.

Over time, as school voucher policies grew in popularity, they evolved into subsidies for middle-class families to send their children to private and parochial schools. School choice policies have ...