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DEL.ICIO.USBill would broaden HERO scholarship program
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A bill that would broaden access to Georgia’s HERO scholarship program for the military passed the state’s House of Representatives today.
House Bill 311 would allow National Guardsmen and U.S. military reservists who live in Georgia and who have been deployed in a combat zone on or after Sept. 11, 2001, to qualify for the scholarship. The law now sets the date at March 3, 2005 for the program, called Helping Educate Reservists and Their Offspring.
The bill’s sponsor, House Majority Whip Barry Fleming (R-Harem) said the legislation would make about 1,600 more service members who deployed before March of 2005 eligible for the scholarship. The program also applies to children whose parents were killed or totally disabled in a combat zone.
Recipients are eligible for up to $8,000 for four years of study in the state’s university system, the Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education or an eligible private college or university in Georgia.
To date, more than 200 scholarships totaling nearly $400,000 have been awarded, according to the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
The bill now moves to the Senate for consideration.
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