A state-funded college scholarship based on financial need rather than academic merit took another step toward becoming a reality in Georgia on Tuesday when a Senate committee approved the bipartisan measure.
House Bill 1413 passed the Senate Higher Education Committee unanimously after three other bills were merged with it. The idea was to give them all a better chance of passage in the hectic, waning days of this year’s legislative session, with one vote on the Senate and House floors required rather than four.
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