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Committee hears bill to require Georgia residency for dual-enrollment eligibility
Summary
Sponsors introduced HB 18 to align dual-enrollment residency verification with out-of-state tuition standards; supporters cited cost and consistency, opponents warned it would bar vulnerable, largely first-generation students and urged the committee to preserve access.
At a meeting of the Georgia House Higher Education Committee, sponsors introduced House Bill 18, a proposal to require verification of legal Georgia residency for students participating in the state's dual-enrollment program.
The bill’s sponsor said HB 18 is intended to resolve “constitutional ambiguity” in how residency is verified and to align dual-enrollment residency standards with those used to set out-of-state tuition. “This is not a conversation of who deserves something and who does not. It's a conversation of who is eligible for something and who is not,” the sponsor told the committee.
Supporters of the existing practice and educators told the committee the change would reduce access for groups the program currently serves. Dr. Tene Davis, former director of Georgia State University’s early college…
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