Georgia House sends cap on college courses in high school to Kemp

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, left, and State Department of Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black, announces that federal disaster relief is on its way to farmers who suffered losses after Hurricane Michael, at the Georgia State Capitol, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020 in Atlanta. (Riley Bunch/The Daily Times via AP) Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, left, and State Department of Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black, announces that federal disaster relief is on its way to farmers who suffered losses after Hurricane Michael, at the Georgia State Capitol, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020 in Atlanta. (Riley Bunch/The Daily Times via AP)

By JEFF AMY / Associated Press March 3, 2020 3 min read

ATLANTA (AP) – Georgia high school students are likely to face a cap on the number of college courses for which the state would pay.

Representatives voted 103-67 on Tuesday to accept Senate changes to House Bill 444, sending it to Gov. Brian Kemp for his signature. Kemp is supporting the measure.

The Republican governor and his allies say the cost of Georgia’s dual enrollment program, which pays for college courses for high school students, is growing too fast.

Most students would be limited to 30 hours of college credit, what a student typically has to take to finish a year of college.

“The goal of this program was never to replace high school with college,” said Rep. Bert Reeves, a Marietta Republican. “The goal was to give everyone a jump start.”