Georgia Code
Part 7 - Hope Scholarships and Grants
§ 20-3-519.1. Eligibility for Scholarships or Grants

(II) If the student was not classified as a legal resident at the time of graduation from high school or from a home study program meeting the requirements of Code Section 20-2-690, then the student must have met the requirements set forth in division (i) of this subparagraph for a period of at least 24 months immediately prior to the first day of classes for which the scholarship or grant is to be awarded; or
History. Code 1981, § 20-3-519.1 , enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 626, § 2; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 20; Ga. L. 2000, p. 136, § 20; Ga. L. 2011, p. 1, § 2/HB 326; Ga. L. 2012, p. 775, § 20/HB 942; Ga. L. 2018, p. 1088, § 1/SB 82.
The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, in subparagraph (a)(1)(B), inserted “a member of the Georgia National Guard; a member of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States located in Georgia; or” in the middle, and substituted “his or her” for “their” near the end.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2011, p. 1, § 17/HB 326, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that the 2011 amendment shall be applicable to postsecondary students beginning in the fall of 2011.

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