State Budget

Relatively Minor Differences with Georgia House’s Proposal
The Georgia State Senate made relatively minor adjustments to the House of Representatives version of House Bill 106 (HB 106). New in the Senate version are additional funds for the Technical College System, restored from cuts the governor proposes; money for a new… [Read more]

Small Improvements Welcome, but Major Course Correction Needed
The Georgia House of Representatives made small, positive changes to the governor’s proposed 2014 budget. But with limited revenues to meet the needs of Georgians, lawmakers are able to do little more than rearrange deck chairs on the proverbial Titanic.  Download… [Read more]

Georgia’s Investment Does Not Keep Pace With Growing Needs
The governor’s proposed budget includes about as much general fund support for Georgia’s public health programs as it did in 2001. Meanwhile, Georgia’s population grew by 21.2 percent from 2000 to 2012, a rate nearly twice that of the country as… [Read more]

State Spending Cuts Borne Most Heavily by Most Vulnerable
The governor’s budget proposals for the next 17 months do not meet the growing needs of Georgia’s most vulnerable children and adults. In some cases they place them even more at risk. The state’s spending plans will make it more difficult… [Read more]

State Raises Commitment to Economic Development, Shifts Money Around 
The overview of Georgia’s 2014 fiscal year budget for economic development report reviews the proposed 2014 budget and the impact it has on economic development. The governor’s proposals for the remainder of the current budget year and for fiscal 2014 maintain… [Read more]

Department of Community Health Plan Underfunds Medicaid
The governor’s budget recommendations may not include enough funding to cover the health care needs of Georgia’s growing population in the next two years. Because the original 2013 budget fails to include enough money to pay for new Medicaid and PeachCare patients expected… [Read more]

New Plan Continues $1 Billion Underfunding of QBE
The overview of Georgia’s 2014 fiscal year budget for K-12 education report reviews the proposed FY 2014 budget and the impact it has on early childhood and K-12 education.  Georgia continues to shortchange its K-12 students. The Quality Basic Education (QBE) program,… [Read more]

Georgia Balances the Books by Making Higher Education Less Accessible
The overview of Georgia’s 2014 fiscal year budget for higher education report analyzes the impact it has on higher education. Georgia plans to continue down a path that makes its university and technical college education less available to all but… [Read more]

Georgia’s Economic Recovery Requires State Support for Education, Transportation, Health Care
The Overview of Georgia’s 2014 Fiscal Year Budget report examines the Governor’s fiscal year 2014 budget  and its impact on the public resources that matter most to Georgians.  The governor’s budget recommendation for the 2014 fiscal year that starts… [Read more]

The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) Georgia Budget Primer 2013 provides a snapshot of Georgia’s finances and the trends that must be reversed to put the state on sound economic footing. In developing a solid financial plan for Georgia, it is important for policymakers to set priorities that meet… [Read more]