{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-20-2-2111","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 20-2-2111","heading":"Legislative findings; purpose.","body":"The General Assembly finds that:\n(1) Students with disabilities have special needs that merit educational alternatives which will allow students to learn in an appropriate setting and manner;\n(2) Parents are best equipped to make decisions for their children, including the educational setting that will best serve the interests and educational needs of their children;\n(3) Children, parents, and families are the primary beneficiaries of the scholarship program authorized in this article and any benefit to private schools, sectarian or otherwise, is purely incidental;\n(4) The scholarship program established in this article is for the valid secular purpose of tailoring a student’s education to that student’s specific needs and enabling families to make genuine and independent private choices to direct their resources to appropriate schools; and\n(5) Nothing in this article shall be construed as a basis for granting vouchers or tuition tax credits for any other students, with or without disabilities.","path":["TITLE 20 Education","CHAPTER 2 Elementary and Secondary Education","Article 33 Scholarship Program for Special Needs Students"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.20.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"65e206e8c9cf48c9e6fcb9557c2ba9c70f616b1448711510285cda7a8dc6b941","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-20-2-2110","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-20-2-2112"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}