Georgia Senate budget writers approved a $32.4 billion fiscal 2024 state budget that restores the full funding of HOPE scholarships the governor recommended in January.
The state House of Representatives reduced HOPE funding in the version of the budget it adopted two weeks ago from 100% of tuition coverage to 95% for all but the highest achieving HOPE scholars, those with high school grade-point averages of 3.5 or better.
The budget heads next to the Senate Rules Committee to schedule a vote of the full Senate…and if passed will have to be reconciled between the two chambers.