Deal, Ga. Legislators Spell Out HOPE Overhaul

ATLANTA – Gov. Nathan Deal wants top-performing Georgia
high school students to receive free tuition at public colleges.

Deal on Tuesday outlined sweeping changes he is proposing to the
state’s lottery-funded HOPE scholarship, which is struggling
financially.

Under Deal’s plan, students who earn at least a 3.7 grade point
average and a 1,200 SAT score would continue to get free public
college tuition.

Recipients would be called Zell Miller scholars – named after
the former governor who created HOPE in 1993. For those students
with at least a 3.0 grade point average, the grant would cover 90
percent of tuition.