The Georgia Association of Private Schools for Exceptional Children (“GAPSEC”) and the Georgia GOAL Scholarship Program (“GOAL”) have entered into an agreement that permits individual and corporate donors to the GISA-GOAL Fund to earmark that their contributions be used to provide GOAL Scholarships to students who desire to attend any GAPSEC member school that is eligible to accept students under Georgia’s Education Expense Credit law (HB 1133).
Presently, the private schools participating in the GAPSEC-GOAL Fund include:
• The Cottage School
• Cumberland Academy of Georgia
• Gables Academy
• Furtah Preparatory School
• The Howard School
• Mill Springs Academy
• Sophia Academy
GAPSEC serves as a coordinating organization of independent and private schools that have a primary mission or have within their mission a distinct special program that focuses on students with learning disabilities, issues, and differences. Meeting at least annually, members gather to discuss common professional issues, to establish and help maintain a code of ethics, and to share information regarding programs in member schools. As a recognized affiliate of GISA (Georgia Independent School Association) and the recognized special education organization for the Georgia Private Education Council, GAPSEC also serves as a spokes group with the State Department of Education regarding the Georgia Special Needs Scholarship and other special education issues in Georgia.
In addition to being eligible to have interested students receive GOAL Scholarships from GAPSEC-designated contributions made to the GISA-GOAL Fund, the following GAPSEC member schools that are participating in the GOAL Scholarship Program are able to make scholarship recommendations to GOAL that, if approved, are funded with contributions to GOAL that have been specifically designated for use in providing scholarships at their schools:
The Georgia GOAL Scholarship Program is honored that GAPSEC has chosen GOAL as its partner in promoting the HB 1133 tuition tax credit and implementing GOAL among interested GAPSEC member schools. If you have any questions about GAPSEC-GOAL, please contact Lisa Kelly at lmkelly@goalscholarship.org. The GAPSEC website is located at www.gapsec.org.
