Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 88 - HOPE scholarship program; additional eligibility

Page Numbers - 1

Code Sections - 20-3-242

1. Coker  31st            2. Snow  2nd


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Code Sections amended: 20-3-242                                                                     


HB 88                                              LC 9 7926






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Part 1 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the
  1- 2  Official Code of Georgia Annotated, known as the "Georgia
  1- 3  Student Finance Commission Act," so as to provide for
  1- 4  additional eligibility and requirements for participation in
  1- 5  the HOPE scholarship program; to repeal conflicting laws;
  1- 6  and for other purposes.

  1- 7       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 8  Part 1 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official
  1- 9  Code of Georgia Annotated, known as the "Georgia Student
  1-10  Finance Commission Act," is amended by adding at the end
  1-11  thereof a new Code Section 20-3-242 to read as follows:

  1-12    "20-3-242. (Index)

  1-13    Any graduate of a public high school in the State of
  1-14    Georgia who has completed one year of full-time studies at
  1-15    a public college or university in the State of Georgia and
  1-16    who has a cumulative B or 3.0 grade point average while a
  1-17    student at such college or university shall be eligible to
  1-18    participate in and receive a scholarship through the HOPE
  1-19    scholarship program, regardless of such student's
  1-20    cumulative grade point average while in high school."

                         SECTION 2.

  1-21  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  1-22  repealed.












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