GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
Title 20. EDUCATION |
Chapter 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION |
Article 33. SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS |
Section 20-2-2111. Legislative findings; purpose
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- The General Assembly finds that:
(1) Students with disabilities have special needs that merit educational alternatives which will allow students to learn in an appropriate setting and manner;
(2) Parents are best equipped to make decisions for their children, including the educational setting that will best serve the interests and educational needs of their children;
(3) Children, parents, and families are the primary beneficiaries of the scholarship program authorized in this article and any benefit to private schools, sectarian or otherwise, is purely incidental;
(4) The scholarship program established in this article is for the valid secular purpose of tailoring a student's education to that student's specific needs and enabling families to make genuine and independent private choices to direct their resources to appropriate schools; and
(5) Nothing in this article shall be construed as a basis for granting vouchers or tuition tax credits for any other students, with or without disabilities.
Code 1981, § 20-2-2111, enacted by Ga. L. 2007, p. 197, § 1/SB 10.