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Deal signs bill lowering GPA for HOPE grants
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Gov. Nathan Deal signs a bill that lowers the grade requirements for students receiving the HOPE Grant, which helps students attending the state’s technical colleges. At far right is Dinah Wayne, a member of the Lanier Technical College Foundation Board of Trustees and a member of the Technical College System of Georgia Board of Directors.
More students will be able to attend the state’s technical colleges now that Gov. Nathan Deal has signed legislation to lower grade requirements for the HOPE grant program. Deal signed the bill during a Wednesday event at the Technical College System of Georgia’s annual leadership summit in Atlanta.