“Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced that the HOPE Scholarship Program has awarded over $15 billion to more than 2.1 million Georgia students since its inception in 1993.
The nationally recognized HOPE (Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally) Scholarship Program is funded by the Georgia Lottery for Education and administered by the Georgia Student Finance Commission. Over the last three decades, the HOPE Program has grown to include the HOPE Scholarship, Zell Miller Scholarship, HOPE Grant, Zell Miller Grant, HOPE Career Grant, and the High School Equivalency Examination Grant Program. Each of these unique programs is targeted towards helping Georgians pursue an affordable post-secondary credential while keeping some of the best and brightest in the Peach State.”