Committee advances narrow changes to SSO rules to ease access for students with disabilities

Feb 19, 2026

House Bill 1220 would allow waivers to SSO attendance rules for students with documented disabilities, exclude such students from scholarship caps, and require participating schools to publish conditions they can serve; committee approved the bill by voice vote.

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House Bill 1220 (LC492693S), presented by Representative (Speaker 12), would adjust Georgia Student Scholarship Organization (SSO) rules to remove administrative barriers for students with documented disabilities and better align the SSO statute with other scholarship programs.

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