The Hope Scholarship Tax Credit is a federal income tax credit provided by the federal government as part of the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009″. The Hope Scholarship Tax Credit is not the same program known as the Georgia Hope Scholarship, Tennessee Hope Scholarship, or South Carolina Hope … Continue reading
What is the Hope Scholarship? First, it is a scholarship or award given based on meeting certain criteria. That criteria is defined in the name of the scholarship. HOPE is an acronym: H (Helping) O (Outstanding) P (Pupils) E (Educationally). The keyword, I think, in this acronym is “Outstanding”. Let’s … Continue reading
As of this writing (mid February 2012), the hope scholarship requirements for 2012 are the same as those for the hope scholarship requirements for 2011. Students that are high school seniors should follow the requirements for application which are detailed in the other articles on hope-scholarship.net.
The legislatures of Georgia and Tennessee are once again reviewing, tweaking, “improving”, or whatever your would like to call it, the hope scholarship program in each of their respective states. Hope-Scholarship.net will monitor the finalized changes for you. The news feed on the home page will give you the latest news … Continue reading
Since the 2008-2009 school year, Georgia has standardized on GPA calculation for high school graduates with respect to Hope Scholarship qualification requirements. School districts can choose to implement their own grading systems locally; however, when reported to the Georgia Student Finance Commission for hope scholarship, the following rules must be … Continue reading