Georgia Promise Scholarship Guides for Parents
Plain answers about the Georgia Promise Scholarship and Georgia’s other school-choice programs for families of children who learn differently, one question per guide, with official sources.
For the 2026-27 school year · 11 guides
The Georgia Promise Scholarship is Georgia’s education savings account (ESA) program, run by the Georgia Education Savings Authority (GESA) with Odyssey as program manager. For the 2026-27 school year it provides up to $6,500 per eligible student, paid in four quarterly payments of $1,625; GESA may withhold up to 5% for administration. It is a general scholarship with no disability tier, and families must leave public school to use it. Pick the question you have below.
Special Ed Resource is an approved provider in the Georgia Promise Scholarship Odyssey Marketplace. We are not affiliated with the Georgia Education Savings Authority, the Georgia Student Finance Commission, Odyssey or the State of Georgia. Promise applications go through the program’s own website, mygeorgiapromise.org.
Lawsuit status: In August 2026, families filed a lawsuit in DeKalb County Superior Court (Sands v. Green) challenging the rule that students must first attend public school, according to the families’ lawyers and news reports. As of October 2, 2026, we have found no report of a ruling, and the program is operating for the 2026-27 school year. About the lawsuit.
Money & rules
What Georgia Promise is, how much it pays and what it can be spent on.
- Georgia Promise Scholarship: A Parent Guide What the Georgia Promise Scholarship is, who qualifies, and how it works for a child who learns differently.
- How Much Is the Georgia Promise Scholarship? Up to $6,500 for 2026-27, paid in four quarterly payments, plus late-window awards and rollover.
- What Georgia Promise Pays For What Promise can pay for, the tutoring and spending rules, and what it doesn’t cover.
Eligibility & applying
Who qualifies, when to apply, and what to do each year to keep it.
- Georgia Promise Eligibility and the School List Who qualifies, the public-school and residency rules, and how to check the lowest-25-percent school list.
- Georgia Promise Application and Deadlines Application windows, the November 2026 window, the Quarterly Opt-In, recertification and yearly testing.
Paying for tutoring
How families pay a tutor with Promise, and how to choose one.
IEPs, homeschool & other scholarships
For children with IEPs, families learning at home, and families weighing other Georgia programs.
- Georgia Promise and Your Child’s IEP What Georgia law says about special education services when you leave public school for Promise.
- Georgia Promise for Homeschool Families Homeschooling with Promise, Georgia’s homeschool law basics, and what the money can buy at home.
- Georgia Scholarships Compared Georgia’s three school-choice programs side by side: who each is for, what it pays, and why you can’t combine them.
Help
The official links, and who to contact.
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More help for Georgia families
- IEP help for Georgia parents Georgia’s IEP process, parent rights and options if you disagree with the school.
- Us as a Georgia Promise provider About our tutoring in the Georgia Promise Scholarship Odyssey Marketplace.
- Our tutoring One-to-one online academic tutoring for reading and dyslexia, math, ADHD and executive function, and autism.