Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 20. EDUCATION · Chapter 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION · Article 7. SCHOLARSHIPS, LOANS, AND GRANTS · Part 5. BOARD OF REGENTS SCHOLARSHIPS

20-3-500. Board of regents authorized to grant scholarships.

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The board of regents shall have the authority to grant to qualified students, who are citizens and bona fide residents of the State of Georgia and who would not otherwise have available the funds necessary to obtain an education, such scholarships as are necessary for them to complete programs of study offered by institutions of the University System of Georgia, with the exception of the program leading to the degree of Doctor of Medicine. The terms and conditions thereof shall be prescribed and regulated by the board of regents but shall include the condition that recipients of such scholarships shall, upon the completion of their programs of study, reside in the State of Georgia and engage in activities for which they were prepared through the scholarships for a period of one year for each $1,000.00 received.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

Code 1981, § 20-3-500, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 496, § 2.

Authorization of educational assistance programs, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VIII, Sec. VII, Para. I.

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