Bill Text: GA HB326 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: HOPE program; comprehensive revisions; provide

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)

Status: (Passed) 2011-03-15 - Effective Date [HB326 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-HB326-Amended.html

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11 AM 33 1009-EC

ADOPTED
Senators Cowsert of the 46th, Staton of the 18th, Butterworth of the 50th, Williams of the 19th and Sims of the 12th offered the following amendment:

Amend the Senate Higher Education Committee substitute to HB 326 (LC 33 4133-ECS) by striking lines 195 through 207 and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

(A) As an incoming freshman:

(i) Having graduated from an eligible high school with a grade point average of at least 3.7 calculated in accordance with Code Section 20-2-157 and having received a score of at least 1,200 combined critical reading score and math score on a single administration of the SAT or an ACT composite scale score of at least 26;

(ii) Having graduated from an eligible high school as a valedictorian or salutatorian; or

(iii) Having completed a home study program meeting the requirements of subsection (c) of Code Section 20-2-690, having received a score of at least 1,200 combined critical reading score and math score on a single administration of the SAT or an ACT composite scale score of at least 26, and earning a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.3 at an eligible postsecondary institution at the end of the quarter or semester in which the student has attempted 45 quarter hours or 30 semester hours, provided that such student shall be eligible to receive a retroactive scholarship for such student's freshman year to be paid at the end of the freshman year; and