Georgia officials are preparing to implement a new program that allows qualifying families to use up to $6,500 of public money for education costs, including private school tuition. The program is part of Senate Bill 233, known as the Georgia Promise Scholarship Act, passed last year.
To qualify, students must be zoned for public schools with low test scores, and priority will go to families earning less than 400% of the federal poverty level. Private schools must be accredited to participate.
However, a discrepancy in how the bill’s language has been interpreted has led to some confusion surrounding which schools and families will qualify. Martha Dalton is an education reporter for the Atlanta Journal Constitution, and she joined “All Things Considered” to help explain how this situation developed.
