{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-20-3-602","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 20-3-602","heading":"Purposes of article.","body":"In light of the findings described in Code Section 20-3-601, the General Assembly declares that the purposes of the Georgia Education Trust created by this article are:\n(1) To encourage education and the means of education;\n(2) To maintain state institutions of higher education by helping to provide a stable financial base to these institutions;\n(3) To provide wide and affordable access to state institutions of higher education for the residents of this state;\n(4) To encourage attendance at state institutions of higher education;\n(5) To provide students and their parents economic protection against rising tuition costs;\n(6) To provide students and their parents financial assistance for postsecondary education;\n(7) To help provide the benefits of higher education to the people of this state; and\n(8) To encourage elementary and secondary students in this state to achieve high standards of performance.","path":["TITLE 20 Education","CHAPTER 3 Postsecondary Education","Article 10 College Opportunity Act"],"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":"7e9b70af8ab9031220c1c3429f75a265f7ab0e7fe7a16f4aaaf80e7601cd418d","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-20-3-601","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-20-3-603"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}