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Day: December 15, 2016

Fact Sheet: Proposed School Funding Formula Will Fall Behind Costs

Claire Suggs Fact Sheets K-12 Education

Fact Sheet: Proposed School Funding Formula Will Fall Behind Costs

December 15, 2016 / January 15, 2020 by Claire Suggs

State spending on Georgia’s public school students will fall behind rising costs if the General Assembly approves the funding formula proposed by Gov. Nathan Deal’s Education Reform Commission. The planned formula lacks an adjustment for inflation. It also eliminates the annual adjustment for teachers’ salaries in the current formula. The value of state spending on […]

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