O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 20-2-2111 (2019)

Legislative findings; purpose

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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The General Assembly finds that:

(1) Students with disabilities have special needs that merit educational alternatives which will allow students to learn in an appropriate setting and manner;

(2) Parents are best equipped to make decisions for their children, including the educational setting that will best serve the interests and educational needs of their children;

(3) Children, parents, and families are the primary beneficiaries of the scholarship program authorized in this article and any benefit to private schools, sectarian or otherwise, is purely incidental;

(4) The scholarship program established in this article is for the valid secular purpose of tailoring a student’s education to that student’s specific needs and enabling families to make genuine and independent private choices to direct their resources to appropriate schools; and

(5) Nothing in this article shall be construed as a basis for granting vouchers or tuition tax credits for any other students, with or without disabilities.

History

Code 1981, § 20-2-2111, enacted by Ga. L. 2007, p. 197, § 1/SB 10.

Annotations

Law reviews. For article, “SB 47: Eligibility Expan-

sion for the Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Program,” see 38 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 83 (2021).