Terry England voted Yea (Concurrence Vote) on this Legislation.
Title: Amends the Financial Aid Program to Include Students with a Financial Aid Gap
Signed by Governor Brian Kemp
Title: Amends the Financial Aid Program to Include Students with a Financial Aid Gap
Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that amends the financial aid program to include students with a financial aid gap.
Amends the meaning of ‘eligible student’ to include (Sec. 1):
A person who has a financial aid gap;
A person who is eligible for a scholarship or grant;
A person who has completed the free application for federal student aid; and
A person who has completed 80 percent of the credit requirements towards the credentials of said person's program of study.
Establishes the maximum amount awarded per eligible student shall be $2,500 in total (Sec. 2).
Establishes that the commission may suspend a qualified institution from receiving payments if the said institution fails to refund any money required by this code (Sec. 4).
Requires any person applying for a grant or assisting a person applying for a grant who knowingly makes or furnishes any false statement or misrepresentation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor (Sec. 5).
Establishes the commission shall (Sec. 6):
Collect and monitor enrollment and student records based on the needs of the financial aid programming;
Annually measure and evaluate the program; and
Collect the necessary data as they see fit from all qualified institutions, the Department of Education, and the Office of Planning and Budget.
Title: Amends the Financial Aid Program to Include Students with a Financial Aid Gap
Vote to pass a substitute bill that amends the financial aid program to include students with a financial aid gap.
Amends the meaning of ‘eligible student’ to include (Sec. 1):
A person who has a financial aid gap;
A person who is eligible for a scholarship or grant;
A person who has completed the free application for federal student aid; and
A person who has completed 80 percent of the credit requirements towards the credentials of said person's program of study.
Establishes the maximum amount awarded per eligible student shall be $2,500 in total (Sec. 2).
Establishes that the commission may suspend a qualified institution from receiving payments if the said institution fails to refund any money required by this code (Sec. 4).
Requires any person applying for a grant or assisting a person applying for a grant who knowingly makes or furnishes any false statement or misrepresentation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor (Sec. 5).
Establishes the commission shall (Sec. 6):
Collect and monitor enrollment and student records based on the needs of the financial aid programming;
Annually measure and evaluate the program; and
Collect the necessary data as they see fit from all qualified institutions, the Department of Education, and the Office of Planning and Budget.
Title: Amends the Financial Aid Program to Include Students with a Financial Aid Gap
Title: Amends the Financial Aid Program to Include Students with a Financial Aid Gap