Audits of schools; refund of grants for ineligible students

Every approved school shall be subject to examination by the state auditor for the sole purpose of determining whether such school has properly certified eligibility and enrollment of students and credited grants paid on behalf of such students. However, nothing in this subpart shall be construed to interfere with the authority of such school to determine admissibility of students or to control its own curriculum, philosophy, purpose, or administration. In the event it is determined that a school knowingly or through error certified an ineligible student to be eligible for a grant under this subpart, the amount of the grant paid to the school pursuant to such certification shall be refunded by the school to the authority. (Ga. L. 1971, p. 906, § 6; Code 1933, § 32-3763, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 835, § 3.) 20-3-416. Penalty for furnishing or accepting false statement as to eligibility. Any person who knowingly makes or furnishes any false statement or misrepresentation, or who accepts such statement or misrepresentation knowing it to be false, for the purpose of enabling an ineligible student to obtain wrongfully a grant under this subpart shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ga. L. 1971, p. 906, § 8; Code 1933, § 32-3764, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 835, § 3.) Subpart 5A University of North Georgia Military Scholarships 20-3-420. Legislative purpose; designation of University of North Georgia as premier senior military college of Georgia. (a) The General Assembly finds that the University of North Georgia, a unit of the University System of Georgia, is widely recognized as 263 20-3-421 one of the most outstanding senior military colleges in the United States and that its outstanding status as a senior military college has been formally recognized by the board of regents and by the Department of the Army of the United States. The purpose of this subpart is to recognize this status of the University of North Georgia and to enable Georgia’s most gifted young people who are interested in pursuing a military career to attend this state’s premier senior military college under a full scholarship. (b) The General Assembly officially designates the University of North Georgia as the premier senior military college of Georgia. (Ga. L. 1980, p. 1292, § 2; Code 1933, § 32-3783, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 735, § 51; Ga. L. 2013, p. 1048, § 1/SB 82.) 20-3-421. Eligibility for scholarship.