Georgia offers K–12 students and their families several types of school choice, including three private school choice programs, charter schools, magnet schools, home schooling and inter-and intra-district public school choice via open enrollment policies.
Georgia
Private School Choice
Georgia has three private school choice programs; an education savings account (ESA), a school voucher, and a tax-credit scholarship. These programs help families afford to send their children to participating private schools.
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The Georgia Promise Scholarship Act
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Qualified Education Expense Tax Credit
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Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Program
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Public School Choice
Georgia has inter-district and intra-district open enrollment policies that allow some parents to transfer to traditional public schools outside and within their district. Georgia also has a few magnet schools.
Charter School Choice
Georgia has some charter schools. Charter schools are publicly funded schools that are free of many of the regulations that restrict traditional public schools.
Home School Choice
Parents have to follow certain laws in Georgia when homeschooling their children.
K-12 Education in Georgia Polling Insights
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