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Title 20. EDUCATION · Chapter 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION · Article 10. COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY ACT

20-3-602. Purposes of article.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

  1. In light of the findings described in Code Section 20-3-601, the General Assembly declares that the purposes of the Georgia Education Trust created by this article are:

  2. (1)

    To encourage education and the means of education;#

  3. (2)

    To maintain state institutions of higher education by helping to provide a stable financial base to these institutions;#

  4. (3)

    To provide wide and affordable access to state institutions of higher education for the residents of this state;#

  5. (4)

    To encourage attendance at state institutions of higher education;#

  6. (5)

    To provide students and their parents economic protection against rising tuition costs;#

  7. (6)

    To provide students and their parents financial assistance for postsecondary education;#

  8. (7)

    To help provide the benefits of higher education to the people of this state; and#

  9. (8)

    To encourage elementary and secondary students in this state to achieve high standards of performance.#

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.

History

Code 1981, § 20-3-602, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1448, § 1.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

Text read from t20-ch3-18-(v17a)-2025-pdf.pdf, Volume V17A, 2025 edition, page 356; merge action: bound only; file SHA-256 4560a0cef806.