Official Code of Georgia Annotated

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

20-3-602. Purposes of article.

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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:
(1)
To encourage education and the means of education;#
(2)
To maintain state institutions of higher education by helping to provide a stable financial base to these institutions;#
(3)
To provide wide and affordable access to state institutions of higher education for the residents of this state;#
(4)
To encourage attendance at state institutions of higher education;#
(5)
To provide students and their parents economic protection against rising tuition costs;#
(6)
To provide students and their parents financial assistance for postsecondary education;#
(7)
To help provide the benefits of higher education to the people of this state; and#
(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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