Bill Text: GA SB87 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Education; rename to Georgia Educational Freedom Act; expand eligibility for the program; revise requirements relating to qualifications for scholarship

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-07 - Senate Tabled [SB87 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-SB87-Amended.html

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Senators Rogers of the 21st and Tippins of the 37th offered the following amendment:

Amend the Senate Education and Youth Committee substitute to SB 87 (LC 33 4166S) by inserting after "scholarship;" on line 4 the following:

to revise certain provisions relating to the amount of the scholarship;

By striking lines 52 through 54 and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

(2.3) 'Military family student' means a dependent child of a:

(A) Parent in the military on active duty;

(B) Parent in the national guard or reserves; or

(C) Parent who was in the military and was killed in the line of duty.

By inserting between lines 162 and 163 the following:

SECTION 6A.

Said article is further amended by revising subsections (a) and (d) of Code Section 20-2-2116, relating to the amount of the scholarship and methods of payment, as follows:

"(a) The maximum scholarship granted a scholarship student pursuant to this article shall be an amount equivalent to the costs of the educational program that would have been provided for the student in the resident school system. This amount shall be as calculated under Code Section 20-2-161 and reduced by the local five mill share amount required pursuant to Code Section 20-2-164, austerity reductions, and any other state mandated reductions that occur midyear or otherwise, as applicable. This shall not include any federal funds."

"(d) Each local school system shall submit quarterly reports to the department on dates established by the department stating the number of scholarship students in the resident school system. Following each notification, the department shall transfer from the state allotment to each school system the amount calculated under Code Section 20-2-161 subsection (b) of this Code section to a separate account for the scholarship program for quarterly disbursement to the parents of scholarship students. When a student enters the program, the department must receive all documentation required for the student's participation, including the participating school's and student's fee schedules at least 30 days before the first quarterly scholarship payment is made for the student. The department may not make any retroactive payments."