Do You Support Lowering HOPE Grant Qualification Requirements?
If passed, House Bill 372 would lower the GPA requirement for the HOPE Grant to its original level of 2.0.
In the midst of partisan politics, a bi-partisan effort in the Georgia legislature would lower the GPA requirement for the HOPE Grant back to 2.0. Introduced Feb. 14, 2013, House Bill 372 would lower the GPA from 3.0, which is what it had been raised to two years ago because of budgetary issues. Gov. Nathan Deal was quick to voice his support of the measure. “After talking with many members of the General Assembly and crunching the numbers at our budget office, I’m glad to report that we’ll be able to lower the GPA requirement for the HOPE Grant back to 2.0 after raising it to 3.0 for budgetary reasons two years ago,” Deal said in a press release. “I believe this additional benefit will help Georgia families trying to get ahead and will …
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9:19 pm on Saturday, February 23, 2013
When I was in high school the highest graduating GPA you could get was a 4.0 which was very, very rare. Now many students have graduating GPAs higher than that. I believe most educators realize (even if they won't admit) there has been high school grade inflation. I can see a exception for a new college student with between a 2.0 and 3.0 high school GPA on a case by case basis if a student shows … more ›