To qualify for the Georgia Special Scholarship award with a 504 Plan for the 2022-2023 school year the student must meet following qualifications
1) The student's parent currently resides within Georgia and has been a Georgia resident for at least one calendar year however, that the one-year requirement shall not apply if the student's parent is an active duty military service member stationed in Georgia within the previous year; AND
2) The student had a 504 Plan in effect during the 2021-2022 school year relating to one or more of these conditions:
• Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Attention deficit disorder (ADD);
• Autism spectrum disorder;
• Bipolar disorder;
• Cancer;
• Cerebral palsy;
• Cystic fibrosis;
• Deafness;
• Down syndrome;
• Drug or alcohol abuse;
• Dual sensory impairment;
• Dyslexia;
• Emotional or behavioral disorder;
• Epilepsy;
• Hearing impairment;
• Intellectual disability;
• Muscular dystrophy
• Specific learning disability;
• Spina bifida;
• Traumatic brain injury
• Visual impairment; or
• Any rare disease identified by the National Institutes of Health's Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center's list of rare disease disorders.
; AND
3) The student spent the prior school year in attendance* at a Georgia public school.
*Prior school year in attendance - the student was enrolled and reported by a public school system or school systems for funding purposes at the time of both FTE program counts, conducted each school year in October and March. See OCGA 20-2-2112 (5)
Prior school year in attendance shall not apply if:
• The student's parent is an active duty military service member stationed in Georgia within the previous year; OR
• The student has been adopted or placed in a permanent guardianship from foster care pursuant to an order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction within the previous year; OR
• The student previously qualified for a scholarship as provided in state law.
- Please note that previously qualified only waives the prior school year in attendance provision, all other requirements including having a 504 Plan during the previous school year and enrollment in a public school are still in effect.
