SENATOR LINDSEY TIPPINS COMMITTEES: 121-E State Capitol Higher Education - Chairman Atlanta, Georgia 30334 Appropriations Tel: (404) 657-0406 Education and Youth Natural Resources and the Environment [email protected] Regulated Industries and Utilities Transportation The State Senate Atlanta, Georgia 30334 MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA TO: Senate Higher Education Committee: Senator Brian Strickland, 17th, Vice Chairman Senator Chuck Payne, 54th, Secretary Senator Brandon Beach, 21st Senator Max Burns Senator Sally Harrell, 40th Senator Billy Hickman, Senator Chuck Hufstetler, 52nd Senator Jennifer Jordan, Senator Nan Orrock, 36th Senator Michael Rhett, 33rd FROM: Senator Lindsey Tippins, 37th, Chairman _________________________________________________________________________________________ Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2021 Time: 1:00pm Place: 450 CAP _________________________________________________________________________________________ AGENDA: SB 187 (Tippins, 37th, LC 49 0411) HOPE Scholarship; procedure for students with disability as defined by the American with Disabilities Act to apply for a waiver; establish SB 204 (Tippins, 37th, LC 49 0437) Education; State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia to award high school diplomas; provide SB 97 (Jackson, 2nd, LC 41 2850) In-State Resident Status of Students; university system policy of out-of-state tuition differential waivers; codify SB 107 (Strickland, 17th, LC 49 0418S) Postsecondary Education Grants; waiver of tuition and all fees, for qualifying foster and adopted students by units of the University System of Georgia and the Technical College System of Georgia; provide *** The chairman reserves the right to change the agenda.*** __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Senator Lindsey Tippins Senate Pro Tem’s Office CC: Honorable Brian P. Kemp, Governor Senate Majority Leader Honorable Geoff Duncan, Lt. Governor Senate Minority Leader Secretary of the Senate Senate Research Office Legislative Counsel Senate Budget Office Senate Press Office .