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Committee advances technical updates to Special Needs Scholarship program, including electronic payments and reporting
Georgia House Committee on Education · February 19, 2026
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Summary
House Bill 634 would modernize administration of Georgia's Special Needs Scholarship Program by allowing electronic fund transfers to schools, clarifying appeals, expanding reporting and providing more timely scholarship estimates; the committee advanced the bill by voice vote.
Representative Carter Barrett (Speaker 16) presented House Bill 634 (LC492285), describing it as a modernization of the Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Program. The sponsor said the bill does not expand the program but improves processes: providing scholarship estimates and amounts earlier,…
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