GEORGIA--Starting this school year, Georgia is expanding options
for parents who have students with disabilities. Through the Georgia
Special Needs Scholarship Program, parents of special needs students in
Georgia public schools who had an active Individualized Education
Program during the 2006-07 school year may transfer their child to
another public school with capacity or to a participating private
school. Scholarships toward private school tuition costs are based on
the amount of state funding the public school system receives for the
student in 2007-08. Since the bill was signed into law on May 18, more
than 5,000 parents have filed an intent form expressing interest in the
program.
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