Georgia Teacher Retention Scholarship Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Student Finance Authority, so as to create the Georgia Teacher Retention Scholarship to provide scholarships to children of public school teachers who have been teaching for at least ten years to cover the cost of tuition at eligible postsecondary institutions; to provide for eligibility; to provide for scholarship award amounts; to provide for con…

Source: OpenStates · fetched February 20, 2026

• Student / education borrowerdirectModerate impactHigh certainty

  Receive scholarships to cover tuition costs at eligible postsecondary institutions.

  “create the Georgia Teacher Retention Scholarship to provide scholarships to children of public school teachers who have been teaching for at least ten years to cover the cost of tuition at eligible postsecondary institutions”· General

• W-2 worker (non-union)directModerate impactHigh certainty

  Their children are eligible for scholarships if they have been teaching for at least ten years.

  “provide scholarships to children of public school teachers who have been teaching for at least ten years”· General