[ale] Free technical training, Hope Grant

[Wolf Halton]

Don't beat yourself up, Ron.  It is misinformation as you had laudable
motives, and may have been misinformed (or just wrong); not disinformation.
:-)

*dis·in·for·ma·tion*/disˌinfərˈmāSHən/Noun:False information that is
intended to mislead, esp. that released by a government to a rival power or
the media.

On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Ron Frazier <atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com
> wrote:

> Hi Terry,
>
> Well, dang it!  Sorry I gave some disinformation.  Last year, they
> didn't care if you had a prior degree.  They changed all the rules.  I
> guess people in the middle of a career transition that need some
> inexpensive retraining are now out of luck.  Thanks for letting me know.
>
> Ron
>
> On 10/16/2011 3:04 AM, Terry Countryman wrote:
> > Info. that found reading on the www.gacollege411.org web-site....
> >
> > As of this fall (2011), if you already have a college degree
> > (bachelors) you are
> > ineligible for the Ga Hope Grant program.
> >
> >
> > On Oct 14, 2011, at 7:00 AM, Ron Frazier wrote:
> >
> >
> >> My prior message about programming brought this to my mind.  I just
> >> thought I'd mention, for those who may not know, that pretty much
> >> any GA
> >> resident is eligible to get almost free training at GA state colleges
> >> and technical schools, leading to a diploma or certificate, paid for
> >> by
> >> the Hope Grant (not Hope Scholarship).  I think you can have them pay
> >> for about 90% of 95 credit hours, excluding books and fees.  I'm
> >> thinking of getting some training this way myself.
> >>
> >> Ron
>
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>
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