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Highlights of the Governor's FY 2011 Education Budget Proposals

Education does not escape the governor’s proposed cuts to agencies for the upcoming year. Adjusted for inflation, per student state spending on K-12 education and the University System will fall to their lowest levels in a decade.

Posted: 1/27/2010
Category: Budget,

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Highlights of the Governor's FY 2011 Department of Human Services Budget Proposals

The Department of Human Services is facing a wide variety of budget cuts in the FY 2011 budget proposal. These cuts come on top of the cuts already implemented in the FY 2010 budget.

Posted: 1/25/2010
Category: Budget, Family Economic Security, Welfare and Food Stamps,

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Highlights of the Governor’s Amended FY 2010 & FY 2011 Healthcare Budget Proposals

The enacted fiscal year (FY) 2010 budget spared the Department of Community Health (DCH) from large-scale program cuts because enhanced federal Medicaid funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 as well as additional Tobacco Settlement funds were used to replace DCH state General Fund spending. This report also highlights the DBHDD proposed budget.

Posted: 1/25/2010
Category: Budget, Health,

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Overview of the Governor’s Proposed FY 2010 Amended Budget and the FY 2011 Budget

Due to the “Great Recession,” state revenues have continued to decline through the first six months of the current fiscal year (FY 2010). This decline is resulting in a FY 2010 budget shortfall of an additional $1.4 billion, for a total FY 2010 budget shortfall of $4.6 billion

Posted: 1/25/2010
Category: Budget,

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Recovery Act Directly Aiding Unemployed, Elderly, and Low-Income Families

Data on dollars spent and Georgians helped to date with a county-by-county breakdown.

Posted: 1/12/2010
Category: Family Economic Security, Welfare and Food Stamps,

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Balancing the State Budget With Federal Stimulus Funds

Georgia is utilizing $1.44 billion in federal ARRA funds this year, despite drastic cuts and using almost all reserve funds. It also has the #8th worst deficit in the nation, yet it is one of the few states that did not raise revenues strategically; it only cut. These funds, which have saved or created thousands of jobs, are set to expire. Enhanced Medicaid funding also is, the report recommends phasing it out instead.

Posted: 12/7/2009
Category: Budget, Taxes

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No Turkey and Gravy for All

At a time when more families are struggling with hunger and food pantries are stressed to the limit, we must all ensure public efforts are not diminished.

Posted: 11/23/2009
Category: Media,

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Health Reform: Medicaid Expansion Is a Bargain for Georgia

In Georgia and throughout the nation, millions of low-income adults are uninsured and lack access to any affordable health insurance. The health reform bill that has passed in the House of Representatives and the bill now making its way through the Senate would expand the Medicaid program to provide thousands of low-income, uninsured adults in Georgia with affordable health coverage while pumping billions of dollars into the state's economy.

Posted: 11/19/2009
Category: Budget, Health, Family Economic Security,

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Improving the Transparency and Adequacy of Georgia’s User Fees

There are hundreds of user fees. Currently the state subsidizes many of the services with tax revenue because the fees paid by the user do not cover the full cost. The Georgia Budget & Policy Insitute recommends that the state implements an annual fee review and request similar to what Vermont uses.

Posted: 11/18/2009
Category: Taxes,

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Rome News-Tribune: State's Fees for Services Not Consistent, Audit Finds

Revising fees could protect agencies from further budget cuts.

Posted: 11/13/2009
Category: Media,

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Improving Access to Food Stamps in Georgia

Posted: 1/3/2005
Category: Welfare and Food Stamps

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Setting the Record Straight: State Employment in Georgia

Posted: 1/24/2005
Category: Budget

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Tax Reform and Modernization in Georgia: The First Steps

This report discusses various tax changes that would help bring fairness, equity and adequacy to the current tax structure.

Posted: 2/7/2005
Category: Taxes

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Analysis of HB 5: Sales Tax Holiday

Posted: 2/11/2005
Category: Taxes

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FY 2006 Budget as Adopted by General Assembly

Posted: 4/8/2005
Category: Budget

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Don't Tax and They Will Come? The Questionable Link Between Corp. Income Tax & Economic Development

This report looks at the link between state corporate incomes taxes and economic development. Research on the outcomes of connecting corporate income taxes and economic development does not offer support for the use of taxes as a tool for development.

Posted: 7/18/2005
Category: Taxes

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State of Working Georgia 2005

Using the latest census data GBPI looks at the conditions of Georgia's working families in 2004 and how those conditions compare to the nation, to the region and to the past.

Posted: 9/6/2005
Category: Family Economic Security

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The Truth About TABOR: What it Would Mean For Georgia

This report discusses the conceptual flaws of TABOR, the effects of TABOR in Colorado, tax and spending trends in Georgia, and the possible effects TABOR might have in Georgia.

Posted: 9/12/2005
Category: Taxes

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Real Costs of Raising Foster Children in Georgia: How Georgia's Per Diem Can Keep Up

This report looks at the financial supports available within Georgia's family foster care system in comparison to the real costs of raising a child.

Posted: 9/19/2005
Category: Budget

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Elimating the Property Tax for Education: Analysis of HR 58

This brief highlights tax policy issues concerning HR 58, and highlights alternative options for both reducing property taxes and increasing state funding for education.

Posted: 11/7/2005
Category: Taxes

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A Look at the Property Tax

This report provides an overview of the property tax, with a cautionary tale from South Carolina's property tax reform experience.

Posted: 1/15/2008
Category: Taxes

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A Place to Start Scaling Back on Tax Breaks: House Bill 100

In light of the over $2 billion revenue shortfall and the painful cuts to vital services, tax breaks - including the student scholarship organization tax credit - need to be scaled back. Why should tax credits that subsidize private school tuition be spared the chopping block when many state services that are proven cost savers are being scaled back?

Posted: 2/13/2009
Category: Taxes

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Adding Up The 2009 Fiscal Notes

The House of Representatives passed 16 tax break bills that would result in a revenue decline of $228 million in FY 2010 and $614 million in FY 2012, according to the official fiscal notes on the bills. The House of Representatives also passed 3 revenue-raising bills which would increase revenues by $315 million in FY 2010, $330 million in FY 2011, and $301 million in FY 2012.

Posted: 3/24/2009
Category: Taxes

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Adding Up the 2009 Fiscal Notes: Tax Bills Passed by the House and Senate for Gov's Sig or Veto

If Governor Perdue signs all of the tax bills passed by the Georgia House of Representatives and Senate, state revenues will decline by an additional $116 million in FY 2010 and more than $1 billion in FY 2012. Passed 16 tax cuts and 2 ways to raise revenue.

Posted: 4/17/2009
Category: Taxes

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Adding Up the Fiscal Impact: 2005 and 2006 Legislative Session Tax Bills

Posted: 4/6/2006
Category: Taxes

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Adding Up the Fiscal Notes 2008: Final Tax Bills After Governor's Vetoes

This policy brief quantifies the fiscal impact of all the tax bills passed by the General Assembly during the 2008 legislative session.

Posted: 5/23/2008
Category: Taxes

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Adding Up the Fiscal Notes, 2007

This report highlights the final tax bills passed in 2007, after the Governor's vetoes.

Posted: 5/4/2007
Category: Taxes

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Adding Up The Fiscal Notes: 2005-2008

Between 2005 and 2008, 35 tax bills were passed and signed into law with expected revenue consequences for the current fiscal year. The combined effect of these tax bills will be an estimated $291 million state revenue loss in the current fiscal year and $333 million in FY 2010.

Posted: 2/13/2009
Category: Taxes

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Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: Tax Bills Signed into Law by Governor after the 2009 Legislative Session

Georgia will lose $99 million in state revenues in FY 2010 (beginning July 1, 2009) and $35 million in FY 2011 due to 17 bills passed by the House of Representatives and Senate and signed into law by the governor. The governor prevented significant revenue loss by vetoing House Bill 481 (the so-called JOBS Act), which would have decreased state revenues by $1.5 billion over the next three years.

Posted: 5/15/2009
Category: Taxes

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An Investment in Children and Working Families: Subsidized Child Care for Ages Birth Through Four

This report examines Georgia's subsidized child care programs, including Child Care and Parents Services (CAPS), Pre-K, and Head Start/Early Head Start. Current capacity, spending, waitlists, and need are examined.

Posted: 8/25/2008
Category: Family Economic Security

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