| 1 | 1 | | 25 LC 61 0085 |
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| 2 | 2 | | House Bill 417 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By: Representatives Gaines of the 120 |
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| 7 | 7 | | , Dickey of the 134 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Greene of the 154 |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 14 | 14 | | AN ACT |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend Code Section 20-3-411 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to |
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| 17 | 17 | | definitions regarding tuition equalization grants at private colleges and universities, so as to2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | revise the definition of approved school; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | laws; and for other purposes.4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1.6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Code Section 20-3-411 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | regarding tuition equalization grants at private colleges and universities, is amended by8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | revising division (2)(B)(i) as follows:9 |
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| 25 | 25 | | "(B)(i) A qualified proprietary institution of higher education located in this state10 |
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| 26 | 26 | | which is a baccalaureate degree-granting institution of higher education; which is11 |
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| 27 | 27 | | accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on |
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| 29 | 29 | | Colleges as a Level VI institution; which is not a Bible school or college (or, at the13 |
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| 30 | 30 | | graduate level, a school or college of theology or divinity); which admits as regular14 |
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| 31 | 31 | | students only persons who have a high school diploma, a state approved high school15 |
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| 32 | 32 | | equivalency (HSE) diploma, or a degree from an accredited postsecondary institution;16 |
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| 33 | 33 | | H. B. 417 |
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| 35 | 35 | | whose students are eligible to participate in the federal Pell Grant program; which has |
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| 37 | 37 | | been reviewed and approved for operation and for receipt of tuition equalization grant18 |
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| 38 | 38 | | funds by the Georgia Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission; which is19 |
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| 39 | 39 | | domiciled and incorporated in the State of Georgia; which has been in existence in the |
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| 41 | 41 | | State of Georgia for at least ten years located in this state since on or before January21 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 1, 2021; and which met all of the requirements of this subparagraph by January 1,22 |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2011 2021; provided, however, that the criteria for approval for receipt of tuition23 |
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| 44 | 44 | | equalization grant funds shall include but not be limited to areas of course study,;24 |
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| 45 | 45 | | quality of academic instruction,; student placement rate,; research and library sources,25 |
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| 46 | 46 | | resources; faculty,; support staff,; financial resources,; physical plant facilities26 |
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| 47 | 47 | | resources, instructional campuses, facilities, or other physical sites; and support and27 |
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| 48 | 48 | | equipment resources."28 |
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| 49 | 49 | | SECTION 2.29 |
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| 50 | 50 | | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.30 |
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| 51 | 51 | | H. B. 417 |
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