In July 2000, Georgia became the first state to eliminate automatic tenure for new teachers. Supposedly tenure was "reinstated" in 2004, but actually courts have decided that Georgia law does not provide for teacher tenure, although you might call it that...for the first 3 years of employment, a teacher's contract doesn't have to be renewed, and the system doesn't have to give a reason. After that, they do have to give a reason...
Georgia already has simplified certification programs, and you can begin teaching without taking any education courses (that's handy, because some people find that being in the classroom is not what they had imagined it would be).
My comments were not based on the progressive actions being taken in Georgia but rather on what I know in this God awful failed state..NY!