Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 68 - Home schooled children; qualification for HOPE scholarship

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1. Pinholster  15th       2. Day  153rd              3. Mills  21st
4. Walker  87th           5. Harris  17th


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Rules Suspended to Introduce                                                                        
                                                                                                    
Code Sections amended: 20-2-157                                                                     


HB 68                                             LC 18 6417






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Code Section 20-2-157 of the Official Code of
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to the uniform reporting system
  1- 3  for postsecondary enrollment or certain financial
  1- 4  assistance, so as to require the State Board of Education to
  1- 5  formulate and adopt a reporting system to identify and
  1- 6  qualify home schooled children for such financial
  1- 7  assistance; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
  1- 8  purposes.

  1- 9       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1-10  Code Section 20-2-157 of the Official Code of Georgia
  1-11  Annotated, relating to the uniform reporting system for
  1-12  postsecondary enrollment or certain financial assistance, is
  1-13  amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting in its
  1-14  place a new subsection (b) to read as follows:

  1-15      "(b)(1) Each school system shall adopt the following
  1-16      reporting system for purposes of identifying and
  1-17      qualifying graduating seniors for the HOPE scholarship
  1-18      program and other programs identified in this Code
  1-19      section:

  1-20        (1)(A) A final grade average of at least an 80 numeric
  1-21        average, provided the student is in a college
  1-22        preparatory curriculum; or

  1-23        (2)(B) A final grade average of at least an 85 numeric
  1-24        average, if the student is in other than a college
  1-25        preparatory curriculum.

  1-26      (2) The State Board of Education shall formulate and
  1-27      adopt a reporting system for purposes of identifying and
  1-28      qualifying home schooled children for the HOPE
  1-29      scholarship program and other programs identified in
  1-30      this Code section.

  1-31      (3) Only the reporting system systems as indicated in
  1-32      this subsection shall be used to determine eligibility


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                                                  LC 18 6417

  2- 1      for all grants, scholarships, or loans to attend
  2- 2      colleges or universities which are administered pursuant
  2- 3      to Article 7 of Chapter 3 of this title and eligibility
  2- 4      for enrollment in postsecondary courses pursuant to Code
  2- 5      Section 20-2-161.1."

                         SECTION 2.

  2- 6  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  2- 7  repealed.







































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