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Committee expands Georgia Promise eligibility to active-duty military children; DOE to adopt implementation rules
Summary
Sen. Sean and a DOE official told the committee they had crafted a bill to add active-duty military children to the Georgia Promise Scholarship priority list; the committee approved the measure.
Sen. Sean presented legislation to expand eligibility for the Georgia Promise Scholarship to include children of active-duty military personnel. "So active duty military children in the state of Georgia is only 33,000 kids," Sen. Sean said, describing the group as a relatively small pool clustered around military installations. He emphasized the bill does not add state funds to the Promise program; it simply allows state eligibility to align with forthcoming federal guidance so federal and state dollars can be coordinated for eligible active-duty children.
Lynn Riley, president of the Georgia Student Finance Commission, explained current…
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