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title: O.C.G.A. § 20-3-481. Grant amount.
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# O.C.G.A. § 20-3-481. Grant amount.

(a) There is granted to each eligible student attending an approved school the sum of $2,000.00 per academic year. No person shall be eligible to receive grant assistance provided under this subpart in excess of $8,000.00. Grant assistance to eligible students under this subpart shall be payable during the period of a summer school quarter or semester. The payment of grants to eligible students under this subpart shall be contingent upon the appropriation of funds by the General Assembly for the purposes of this subpart in annual appropriations Acts of the General Assembly.

(b) Any person otherwise meeting the conditions of this subpart shall be eligible to receive a grant even though the accident or the event causing the death or missing in action status of such person’s parent occurred prior to July 1, 1995.

## History

Code 1981, § 20-3-481, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 961, § 9.