GBPI In The News Radio Interview – The State of Working Georgia February 14, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin GBPI Policy Analyst Wesley Tharpe discusses The State of Working Georgia with Carl Thornton, Jr., host of Speaking With…™. Download the audio file. The interview begins at the 1 minute, 9 second mark. Read more » Carl Thornton Jr. Speaking With... The State of Working Georgia Wesley Tharpe
Library Weekly Legislative Update, February 13, 2012 February 13, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin Last Week in the Georgia Legislature State Revenues House and Senate Calendar State Budget: FY2012 Amended and FY 2013 Fiscal and Tax Policy Human Services Policy State Revenues The January Revenue numbers have not been released as yet. The release is expected any day. State Revenues for the first six months of this fiscal […] Read more » Legislative Update
Sandbox Weekly Legislative Update, February 13, 2012 February 10, 2012 / March 18, 2021 by GBPI Admin This Week in the Georgia Legislature State Revenues The January Revenue numbers have not been released as yet. The release is expected any day. State Revenues for the first six months of this fiscal year are only running 5.2 percent ahead of the FY 2011 revenue collections. December revenues showed a 1.2 percent decline compared to December […] Read more » Legislative Update
GBPI In The News Think Tank Suggests Lottery Overhaul February 8, 2012 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig is quoted on lottery fund reform. Read the full article. Read more » Alan Essig Education GPB News Jeanne Bonner Lottery Overhaul
GBPI In The News Spend lottery money on pre-K, set caps on HOPE, group says February 8, 2012 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin Athens Banner-Herald Reporter Lee Shearer features GBPI Policy Analyst Cedric Johnson’s new report, HOPE on a Tightrope: Maximizing Lottery Funds to Yield the Best Education Return. Read the full article. Read more » Athens Banner-Herald Cedric Johnson Education HOPE Scholarship Lee Shearer
GBPI In The News USG teaching programs facing budget cuts of $35.3 million February 7, 2012 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin GBPI Policy Analyst Cedric Johnson is quoted on Gov. Deal’s proposed cuts to the teaching program within the University System of Georgia. Read Full Article. Read more » Cedric Johnson Education Jamie Gottlieb redandblack.com
GBPI In The News Whitfield schools facing $7 million shortfall February 7, 2012 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute is referenced by Rachel Brown of The Daily Citizen on funding for local school systems. Read Full Article. Read more » Daily Citizen Education Rachel Brown State Budget
Press Releases & Statements Hope on a Tightrope February 7, 2012 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ATLANTA (February 7, 2012) – The lottery funding model is broken. HOPE Program expenditures outpace lottery revenues and are expected to increase while lottery revenue growth is expected to flatten. The Georgia Student Finance Commission projects that the HOPE Program will run a deficit of $163 million by FY 2016, which may […] Read more » Cedric Johnson Education HOPE Scholarship Pre-K Press Release
Library Weekly Legislative Update, February 3, 2012 February 3, 2012 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin This Week in the Georgia Legislature State Revenues House and Senate Calendar State Budget: FY2012 Amended and FY 2013 Fiscal and Tax Policy Education Policy Human Services Policy State Revenues State revenues for the first six months of this fiscal year are running 5.2 percent ahead of the FY 2011 revenue collections. The […] Read more » Legislative Update
GBPI In The News Growing pains, financial hurdles loom over state February 2, 2012 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin Journalist Walter C. Jones covers GBPI’s 2012 policy conference and quotes House Appropriation Committee Chairman Terry England, R-Auburn. Read full article. Read more » 2012 Policy Conference Savannah Now Walter Jones
