Legislators want the ban on student loans for Georgians with criminal convictions, violations of Campus-WSB-TV Channel 2

Atlanta – members of the House of Representatives of Georgia submitted a draft law to prohibit a Georgian with a criminal conviction because he was entitled to receive student loans, grants or scholarships for university education.

This includes programs such as the Hope scholarship or the Zell Miller scholarship in Georgia.

The legislation also includes violations of the code of conduct of an institution, which may not look like a criminal conviction. House Bill 602 includes both.

The ban would be in force for students for two academic years after the conviction from the first day of the term, the quarter or enrollment after the condemnation or determination of responsibility.

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The inclusion of both a criminal conviction and a violation of institutional behavior is partly pointed out how disciplinary measures are treated on the college campus in Georgia.

Allegations of violations are typically examined by individual institutions. A determination of responsibility for a violation of behavior is not legally the same as a criminal conviction, although at the same time criminal investigations and implementation of investigations can be carried out, and at the discretion of those who monitor the procedure, one can lead to another.

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HB 602 would make it that every post -concept institution in the state of Georgia, which receives state funds, is subject to the proposed invoice.

It is also pointed out that the proposed bans would not only apply to criminal offenses, but would also carry out violations of disruptive behavior on campus.

What the legislation defines as disturbing, the legislators include the following measures:

• Fights, violence or other illegal behavior
• Employment or displacement property
• Block physically, make violent threats or create loud or persistent noise or vocalization to prevent
• Significant disorders of the entry or the use of facilities on campus without the consent of the institution
• Value against adequate time, location and art restrictions of the institution
• Hurt

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