Bill would lower HOPE scholarship requirements for home school students

Home school students could see lower test score requirements for receiving HOPE funding under a bill proposed by a state representative from Gwinnett County.

Rep. Joyce Chandler's bill, House Bill 810, would drop the standardized college admissions tests score requirement for these students from scoring in the 85th percentile to the 80th percentile. That would mean an SAT score of 1780 instead of 1850 (out of a possible 2400), Chandler said. The ACT score requirement would drop from a 26 to a 25 (out of a possible 36).

The revision would make HOPE requirements for home school students more equitable with those for public school students, who have to graduate with a B average, said Chandler, a Republican from Grayson.