Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp makes remarks before signing Senate Bill 233 known as the Georgia Promise Scholarship Act at Liberty Plaza on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signs Senate Bill 233 known as the Georgia Promise Scholarship Act at Liberty Plaza in Atlanta, Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp claps after signing Senate Bill 233 known as the Georgia Promise Scholarship Act at Liberty Plaza on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Georgia Gov.
“We know it’s not the government’s role to dictate to families what the best choice is for their child,” Kemp said. “It is our job to support them in making that decision.” The bill would provide $6,500 education savings accounts to students leaving public schools that rank in Georgia’s bottom 25% for academic achievement. That money could be spent on private school tuition, home-schooling supplies, therapy, tutoring or even early college courses for high school students.
Georgia already gives vouchers for special education students in private schools and $120 million a year in income tax credits for donors to private school scholarship funds.