Georgia legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia HB693: Postsecondary education; tuition equalization grants at private colleges and universities; expand definition of approved school
Status: In committee, March 6, 2026
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-3-411 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to tuition equalization grants at private colleges and universities, so as to expand the definition of "approved school"; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend Code Section 20-3-411 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to tuition equalization grants at private colleges and universities, so as to expand the definition of "approved school"; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED To amend Code Section 20-3-411 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to tuition equalization grants at private colleges and universities, so as to expand the definition of "approved school"; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: SECTION 1. Code Section 20-3-411 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to tuition equalization grants at private colleges and universities, is amended by revising division (2)(B)(i) as follows: "(B)(i) A qualified proprietary institution of higher education located in this state which is a baccalaureate degree-granting institution of higher education; which is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools; which is not a Bible school or college (or, at the graduate level, a school or college of theology or divinity); which admits as regular students only persons who have a high school diploma, a state approved high school equivalency (HSE) diploma, or a degree from an accredited postsecondary institution; whose students are eligible to participate in H. B. LC 61 0192 the federal Pell Grant program; which has been reviewed and approved for operation and for receipt of tuition equalization grant funds by the Georgia Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission; which is domiciled and …
Sponsors
- Kasey Carpenter (R, 4) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
- : House Second Readers
- : House First Readers
- : House Hopper
Common questions
- What is HB693?
- HB693 is a bill in the Georgia Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Postsecondary education; tuition equalization grants at private colleges and universities; expand definition of approved school.
- What does HB693 do?
- In its own words: To amend Code Section 20-3-411 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to tuition equalization grants at private colleges and universities, so as to expand the definition of "approved school"; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB693?
- In committee as of March 6, 2026. Latest action: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (March 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB693?
- Kasey Carpenter (R, 4).
- Where is the official record for HB693?
- On the Georgia Legislature website: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/71033
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