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House Bill 417
By: Representatives Gaines of the 120
th
, Hitchens of the 161
st
, Dickey of the 134
th
, and
Greene of the 154
th
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Code Section 20-3-411 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
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definitions regarding tuition equalization grants at private colleges and universities, so as to2
revise the definition of approved school; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting3
laws; and for other purposes.4
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:5
SECTION 1.6
Code Section 20-3-411 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions7
regarding tuition equalization grants at private colleges and universities, is amended by8
revising division (2)(B)(i) as follows:9
"(B)(i) A qualified proprietary institution of higher education located in this state10
which is a baccalaureate degree-granting institution of higher education; which is11
accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on
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Colleges as a Level VI institution; which is not a Bible school or college (or, at the13
graduate level, a school or college of theology or divinity); which admits as regular14
students only persons who have a high school diploma, a state approved high school15
equivalency (HSE) diploma, or a degree from an accredited postsecondary institution;16
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whose students are eligible to participate in the federal Pell Grant program; which has
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been reviewed and approved for operation and for receipt of tuition equalization grant18
funds by the Georgia Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission; which is19
domiciled and incorporated in the State of Georgia; which has been in existence in the
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State of Georgia for at least ten years located in this state since on or before January21
1, 2021; and which met all of the requirements of this subparagraph by January 1,22
2011 2021; provided, however, that the criteria for approval for receipt of tuition23
equalization grant funds shall include but not be limited to areas of course study,;24
quality of academic instruction,; student placement rate,; research and library sources,25
resources; faculty,; support staff,; financial resources,; physical plant facilities26
resources, instructional campuses, facilities, or other physical sites; and support and27
equipment resources."28
SECTION 2.29
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.30
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