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Special Needs Scholarship Program

For more information and for the Scholarship Calculator, please visit the GaDOE page.

To qualify for the Georgia Special Scholarship award with an IEP for the 2024-2025 school year the student must meet the following requirements: 

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 the student's parent is an active-duty military service member stationed in Georgia within the previous year; AND

2) The student had an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) in effect during the 2023-2024 school year; 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 the 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 an IEP in the previous school year and enrollment in a public school are still in effect. 

For more information, contact:

Iesha Parks

Special Needs Scholarship Program Manager
Phone: 404-656-4328/Fax: 678-692-0111
Email: iparks@doe.k12.ga.us​

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