Editor’s Note: The Governor’s Office of Student Achievement has identified several schools and removed them from the list of low-performing schools deemed eligible for the Georgia Promise scholarship voucher program. Those schools are listed below. The initial list embedded in this story has been removed and the updated list has also been added below.
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – The Governor’s Office of Student Achievement (GOSA) has identified numerous Georgia elementary, middle and high schools that it has deemed as low-performing.
To combat that, the Georgia Promise scholarship, a school voucher program, will be available.
Students are eligible to apply for the scholarship if:
On Monday, Atlanta News First reported on the list of Georgia low-performing schools that the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement released. On Tuesday, several schools were taken off that list.
Those schools are:
“After the initial Promise Act list was published last week, we quickly became aware of outliers in scores that impacted the calculations for the list of schools. Some schools are missing one or more of the component scores that make up the total CCRPI scores. The calculation formula for those schools requires adjusting to account for the missing component(s),” Laine Reichert, GOSA director of educator leadership and research, said in a statement.
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The Georgia Promise scholarship will allow families to use funds from a $6,500 voucher to pay for private school tuition and fees, required textbooks, tutoring services, curriculum, physician and therapist services, transportation services and other approved expenses.
Some students may be given priority if funding is limited.
“Students whose family income does not exceed 400% of the federal poverty level will receive priority consideration,” the Georgia Promise scholarship website states. “The federal poverty level used to determine eligibility is defined annually by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Students who receive an initial scholarship will receive priority consideration over new applicants to the program in future years.”
The application portal is expected to open in early 2025. Funding will be available after July 1.
“There is nothing more important to the continued success of our state than safeguarding and strengthening the lives, education and future of our students, and that can only be accomplished by ensuring Georgia students have access to as many opportunities and choices as possible that will set them up for success,” said Gov. Brian Kemp of the program. “As I stated in my State of the State address, we can and must take an all-of-the-above approach to K-12 education, and thanks to Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, Speaker Jon Burns, Speaker Pro Tempore Jan Jones and Sen. Greg Dolezal keeping this issue a priority, Georgia is affording greater choice to families as to how and where they receive their education, while also continuing our efforts to strengthen public schools, support teachers, and secure our classrooms. This could not have been accomplished without their diligent work and the support of our additional partners in the General Assembly.”
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