O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 20-3-519.6 (2019)

HOPE GED vouchers

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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Subject to the amounts appropriated by the General Assembly and provisions relating to the shortfall reserve in Code Section 50-27-13, a HOPE GED voucher in the amount of $500.00 shall be available once to each student receiving a general educational development (GED) diploma awarded by the Department of Technical and Adult Education, now known as the Technical College System of Georgia, after June 30, 1993. Such voucher shall be issued to such student upon enrollment in any eligible postsecondary institution in Georgia within 24 months from the date the general educational development (GED) diploma was awarded to the student and may only be used to cover postsecondary costs of attendance at such institution; provided, however, that for an individual who becomes eligible for such voucher while he or she is incarcerated in a penal institution in this state, such voucher may be used by such individual within 24 months from the date of release from the penal institution.

History

(Code 1981, § 20-3-519.6, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 626, § 2; Ga. L. 2001, p. 4, § 20; Ga. L. 2008, p. 335, § 2/SB 435; Ga. L. 2009, p. 8, § 20/SB 46; Ga. L. 2010, p. 398, § 1/SB 341; Ga. L. 2011, p. 1, § 5/HB 326; Ga. L. 2013, p. 222, § 12/HB 349.)

Annotations

Editor’s notes. - Ga. L. 2011, p. 1, § 17/HB 326, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that the 2011 amendment shall be applicable to postsecondary students beginning in the fall of 2011. Ga. L. 2013, p. 222, § 21/HB 349, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: ‘‘This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2013, and shall apply to offenses

which occur on or after that date. Any offense occurring before July 1, 2013, shall be governed by the statute in effect at the time of such offense.’’

Law reviews. - For article, ‘‘Appeal and Error: Appeal or Certiorari by State in Criminal Cases,’’ see 30 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 17 (2013). For annual survey on criminal law, see 66 Mercer L. Rev. 37 (2014).

20-3-519.7 through 20-3-519.9. Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2011, p. 1, § 8/HB 326, effective March 15, 2011.

Editor’s notes. - These Code sections, relating to the PROMISE teacher’s scholarship, the HOPE teacher’s scholarship, and ineligibility for a HOPE teacher’s scholarship, were based on Code 1981, §§ 20-3-519.7 through 20-3-519.9, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 626, § 2; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 20; Ga. L. 2000, p. 618, § 79; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1489, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 148, § 19.

Ga. L. 2011, p. 1, § 17/HB 326, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that the 2011 repeal of these Code sections shall be applicable to postsecondary students beginning in the fall of 2011.

Law reviews. - For article on the 2011 repeal of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 193 (2011).