Soon, lawmakers will be voting on SB 601, which seems like it is replacing HB 999 as there were some “issues” with both some wording regarding homeschool as well as an outside interest group mailing an aggressive flyer that didn’t sit well with the speaker of the house. This may save it. This legislation would […]
Representative Wes Cantrell, R-Woodstock, a former public school teacher, has recently introduced legislation, House Bill 999, the Georgia Educational Freedom Act, to provide for the establishment of promise scholarship accounts to be funded by the state for each participating student. [1] According to the bill: Scholarships are $6,000 per student [2]. Scholarships can be used […]
As we are quickly approaching #GivingTuesday and the end of the year, keep this in mind, you can donate to our scholarship fund AND receive a DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR TAX CREDIT! As there are still credits available for 2021, Apogee is also accepting applications for the 2021 tax year until 12/01/21. Apogee is also accepting […]
From Supporting Georgia’s Special Needs Scholarship Facebook Group, “SB47 would make improvements to the GA Special Needs Scholarship and has been assigned to the Georgia Senate education committee. Join us tomorrow night, Wednesday February 3 at 7pm, for a quick call on the bill to ask your questions and to find out how you can […]
Representative Wes Cantrell, R-Woodstock, a former public school teacher, has recently introduced legislation, the Georgia Educational Scholarship Act, that would create educational scholarship accounts for students in Georgia. According to the bill, state funding for each student would be allowed to be redirected to an approved private school. According to lines 69 – 92 of […]
As the result of the current COVID-19 pandemic and the understandable mandates regarding social gatherings, we have had to postpone 2 fundraisers, and may possibly have to postpone a 3rd. These fundraisers are crucial in helping fund scholarships and our reading programs. Dyslexia and other reading issues affect 1 in 5 people in the United […]
Yesterday, Ms. Kim & Ms. Tammy went to the capitol for Dyslexia Day 2020 and this year they took two students, Will & Krissy. Both students were able to see how the legislative process works, as well as interact with advocates and lobbyists for dyslexia and other special needs students. In addition to speaking with […]
Senate Bill 173 is up for reconsideration during this legislative session. The bill addresses Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) and was introduced last session and defeated 28-25. The bill would allow parents to use funds earmarked for public education to pay for qualified education expenses, including private school tuition. This would not be dependent on an […]
Georgia House Bill 939 will keep the cap on Georgia’s Tax Credit Scholarship program at $100 million. House Bill 217 (March 2018) made a cap increase from $58 million to $100 million. However, the bill has the cap returning to $58 million by 2029. We realize this is not an immediate concern, but we also […]
Senator Renee S. Unterman – R (45th District) has filed a bill that would improve SB10 (Georgia Special Needs Scholarship): making it easier for families to enter the program allowing students with 504 plans to be eligible, moving the one year requirement back to special needs pre-school, creating a waiver for students adopted from foster […]
Georgia HB 301 was introduced into legislation this week by floor leader Jodi Lott-R (District 122). This bill would allow parents to use state funds in a manner similar to “vouchers” in other states. Students are eligible if they were enrolled in a Georgia public school the year prior to enrolling in private school. This […]
HB801 was filed yesterday by Representative Scott Hilton. This legislation would: give flexibility in how scholarship funds are spent, change the scholarship calculation from the October to the March FTE count, make special needs preschool count towards the one year, give an exemption from the one year for children adopted from foster care, ensure that if […]
