Jewish Education Tax Credit
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Jewish Education Tax Credit (JETC) provides a unique opportunity for Georgia taxpayers to expand Jewish educational possibilities. Through JETC you can turn a portion of your state taxes into scholarships for any of 18 participating Jewish schools and preschools. There is virtually no cost to you — you are simply redirecting a portion of the state tax you would pay anyway.
The Jewish Education Tax Credit (formerly ALEF Fund) was established by the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta in 2008 in response to new state legislation when Georgia’s General Assembly passed the Education Expense Credit law to provide families in our state with access to better educational opportunities for their children. The JETC provides scholarships to pre-k, kindergarten, primary or secondary public school students who wish to attend participating Jewish private schools.
It is the only organization in Georgia that provides student scholarships exclusively to Jewish preschools, day schools and high schools. Our guiding principle is to improve the affordability of Jewish education by awarding scholarship dollars to eligible students.
The Georgia GOAL Scholarship Program provides tuition scholarships to children who desire to attend private K-12 schools. When making application to a participating school for receipt of a GOAL Scholarship, families must provide proof of eligibility.
In order to receive a GOAL Scholarship, a student must meet all eligibility requirements contained in the law under which we operate, and must meet all admission requirements set by the GOAL participating school and must go through the school's application process before receiving a scholarship.
The law under which this program operates defines student eligibility as follows:
- To qualify for receipt of a scholarship, a student must be a Georgia resident who is currently enrolled in, and has attended a Georgia secondary or primary public school for at least 6 weeks* immediately prior to receiving a scholarship or tuition grant under this law, or who is eligible to enroll in a qualified Pre-K4, Kindergarten, or 1st grade program.
*The six week attendance requirement may be waived in the following cases:
- A student is or would be assigned to a public school that the Office of Student Achievement determines to be a low-performing school based on the school attendance zone of his or her primary residence, or
- A student is the subject of officially documented cases of school based physical violence or student related verbal abuse threatening physical harm, or
- A student was enrolled in an official home study program for at least one year immediately prior to receiving a scholarship or tuition grant under this law.
Click here to find out more about the scholarship application process.
GOAL Scholarships are awarded on the basis of financial need. GOAL provides its participating schools with scholarship award guidelines based upon family size and adjusted gross income.
When GOAL approves a scholarship recommendation, a GOAL Scholarship Agreement is sent to school officials for execution by the parents, an authorized school official, and GOAL. At the beginning of each year for which a scholarship is awarded, the participating school and GOAL again consider the financial need of the scholarship family and determine a scholarship award amount for the upcoming school year.