SB149: SB149 Tuition Equalization Grants at Private Colleges and Universities; definition of approved school; revise

25 LC 49 2116 Senate Bill 149 By: Senators Hickman of the 4th, Dixon of the 45th, Williams of the 25th, Burns of the 23rd and Goodman of the 8th AS PASSED A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Code Section 20-3-411 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to1 definitions regarding tuition equalization grants at private colleges and universities, so as to2 revise the definition of approved school; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting3 laws; and for other purposes.4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:5 SECTION 1.6 Code Section 20-3-411 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated , relating to definitions7 regarding tuition equalization grants at private colleges and u niversities, is amended by8 revising division (2)(B)(i) as follows:9 "(B)(i) A qualified proprietary institution of higher education located in this state10 which is a baccalaureate degree-granting institution of higher education; which is11 accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on12 Colleges as a Level VI institution; which is not a Bible school or college (or, at the13 graduate level, a school or college of theology or divinity); which admits as regular14 students only persons who have a high school diploma, a state approved high school15 equivalency (HSE) diploma, or a degree from an accredited postsecondary institution;16 S. B. 149 - 1 - 25 LC 49 2116 whose students are eligible to participate in the federal Pell Grant program; which has17 been reviewed and approved for operation and for receipt of tuition equalization grant18 funds by the Georgia Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commissi on; which is19 domiciled and incorporated in the State of Georgia; which has been in existence in the20 State of Georgia for at least ten years located in this state since on or before January21 1, 2021; and which met all of the requirements of this subparagraph by January 1,22 2011 2021; provided, however, that the criteria for approval for receipt of tuition23 equalization grant funds shall include but not be limited to ar eas of course study, ;24 quality of academic instruction,; student placement rate,; research and library sources,25 resources; faculty, ; support staff, ; financial resources, ; physical plant facilities26 resources, instructional campuses, facilities, or other physical sites; and support and27 equipment resources."28 SECTION 2.29 All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.30 S. B. 149 - 2 -