HOPE scholarships & Georgia DUI

If you have a Georgia "Hope" Scholarship, be warned that you can lose it for two terms if you are convicted of a felony drug offense: both for the school term in which the conviction occurred as well as the following term. No early reinstatement is allowed, and First Offender treatment will not save your scholarship. 

What about your federal scholarship? Well, if you are convicted of ANY drug offense, including a State misdemeanor marijuana charge, you will lose your federal scholarship for at least one year, and you could lose it permanently. Early reinstatement is possible if certain criteria are satisfied.

But wait, there's more:

in addition to losing your scholarships, you can be suspended from any University System of Georgia School just for being charged with certain crimes. That's right: you don't even have to be convicted-- just charged. Statue 406.02 VIOLATIONS OF STATE OR FEDERAL LAW says "A student in any institution of the University System of Georgia who is charged with or indicted for a felony or crime involving moral turpitude, may be suspended pending the disposition of the criminal charges against him." But don't despair-- a skilled and knowledgeable DUI and drug attorney can be of invaluable assistance.

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