Entitlement to grants as specified in the appropriations Acts; restrictions

Each eligible student is entitled to a tuition equalization grant each academic year, as specified in appropriations Acts of the General Assembly. No grants shall be made to graduate students unless specifically authorized in appropriations Acts of the General Assembly. It is the intent of the General Assembly and the purpose of this program to provide tuition equalization grants to all Georgia students attending approved schools at all levels and throughout the entire calendar year whenever sufficient funds are available to the state. In no event shall an eligible student receive a tuition equalization grant for more than 127 semester hours or 190 quarter hours of his or her undergraduate program. (Ga. L. 1971, p. 906, § 2; Ga. L. 1974, p. 487, § 1; Ga. L. 1975, p. 1320, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1717, § 1; Code 1933, § 32-3760, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 835, § 3; Ga. L. 1981, p. 735, § 46; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1377, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 550, § 1; Ga. L. 2003, p. 904, § 1.) 20-3-413. Application for and payment of grants; certification of eligibility; refunds if students fail to enroll. Each eligible student wishing to receive payment of the grant provided for in this subpart shall submit to the school an application for the grant payment at the time and in accordance with procedures prescribed by the authority. The authority is authorized to define such terms and prescribe such rules, regulations, and procedures as may be reasonable and necessary to carry out the purposes of this subpart. The authority shall not approve payment of any grant until it has received from an appropriate officer of the approved school a certification that the student applying for the grant is an eligible student. Upon timely receipt of such certification, in proper form, the authority is authorized to pay the grant to the approved school on behalf of and to the credit of the student. In the event a student on whose behalf a grant is paid shall not enroll as a full-time student for the school term for which the grant is paid, the school shall make a refund to the authority in accordance with regulations of the authority. (Ga. L. 1971, p. 906, §§ 4, 5; Ga. L. 1975, p. 1161, § 3; Code 1933, § 32-3761, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 835, § 3.) 262 20-3-420 20-3-414. Pro rata reduction of grants when funds are insufficient.