Legislative Findings; Purpose

  1. Law
  2. Georgia Code
  3. Education
  4. Elementary and Secondary Education
  5. Scholarship Program for Special Needs Students
  6. Legislative Findings; Purpose

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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.

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


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