Georgia
Georgia has two private school choice programs, a school voucher and a tax-credit scholarship.

Georgia offers K–12 students and their families several types of school choice, including two private school choice programs, charter schools, magnet schools, home schooling and inter-and intra-district public school choice via open enrollment policies.
Qualified Education Expense Tax Credit
- Georgia offers tax credits to corporate and individual donors supporting student scholarship organizations (SSOs), nonprofits that provide private school scholarships to students in need.
- Enacted 2008
Program Rules:
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- Income Limit: None
- Prior Year Public School Requirement: Yes
- Geographic Limit: Statewide
- Enrollment Cap: None
- Scholarship Cap: $11,359 (2021)
- Testing Mandates: None
- Credit Value: 100 percent
- Per Donor Credit Cap: $1,000 for individuals, $2,500 for married couples ($1,250 for married filing separately), 75 percent of state liability for businesses
- Budget Cap: $100 million
Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Program
- The Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Program allows any student with a disability whose parents are unhappy with their assigned public school to receive a voucher to attend private school.
- Enacted 2007
Program Rules:
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- Income Limit: None
- Prior Year Public School Requirement: Yes
- Geographic Limit: Statewide
- Enrollment Cap: None
- Voucher Cap: Conditional
- Testing Mandates: Pre- and post-assessments
- Additional Information: Limited to students with special needs
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