Georgia's Education Tax Credit Program

In 2008, Georgia’s lawmakers passed HB 1133, the Education Expense Credit law, to give parents and students better access to more educational opportunities. Their efforts and resulting legislation is regarded as one of the nation’s best Education Tax Credit laws.  The law allows:
  • Eligible students to use this scholarship to attend any Georgia private school of their choosing
  • Georgia taxpayers to receive a dollar-for-dollar, state income tax credit for contributions​
In 2018, Georgia's lawmakers passed HB 217 which further strengthened the Education Tax Credit law, increased the size of the fund from $58 million to $100 million and improved the transparency and accountability of SSOs. 

**Money still available to be claimed in 2020**

As of January 7th, there was still $18 million left to be claimed for 2020.  This means that $82 million was claimed on the first day the fund opened.  While there's still a good amount left to be claimed, there's no way of knowing how long it will last, so don't delay in getting your donation request in. 

Go ahead and fill out your donation request today so we can submit it before the fund closes for 2020.

Make Your Request Before The Cap Is Reached...

The Education Tax Credit program opens on the first day of business each January and has a statewide cap of $100 million.  Once the cap is reached, no further donation requests are approved for that year.