Budget and Taxes Press Releases & Statements Staci Fox GBPI Statement on the Signing of HB 916, Georgia’s $36.1 billion Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget May 8, 2024 / May 8, 2024 by Staci Fox GEORGIA — Today, the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) released a statement in response to the Governor’s signing of HB 916, which funds the state government for FY 2025 beginning July 1, 2024. Statement from Staci Fox, President and CEO, GBPI: “GBPI applauds the state’s first full-year appropriations plan that increases per-person spending above pre-pandemic […] Read more » Budget FY 2025
Blog Budget and Taxes Criminal Legal System Reform Health Justice Higher Education K-12 Education People Powered Prosperity Staci Fox Worker Justice Sine Die 2024 March 29, 2024 / April 11, 2024 by Staci Fox Introduction Staci Fox, President and CEO When the 2024 Legislative Session began on January 8th, Georgia was sitting on $10.9 billion in undesignated, unspent public funds and a $5.4 billion Revenue Shortfall Reserve (RSR). The possibilities to make big investments on behalf of all Georgians were endless. Late last year, GBPI pondered Georgia’s $16 Billion […] Read more » Budget Criminal Legal Systems Economic Justice Education health-care Sine Die tax
Past Events Video GBPI Insights Policy Conference 2024 February 6, 2024 / February 8, 2024 by Staci Fox You can view the slide presentation here: https://gbpi.org/wp-content/uploads/2… Our insights conference had all of our talking points illustrated live! View the illustrated version of our policy conference below: Read more »
GBPI In The News K-12 Education Opinion: Hungry kids in Georgia need more than a cheese sandwich February 2, 2024 / February 2, 2024 by Staci Fox The Atlanta Journal-Constitution features GBPI President and CEO Staci Fox’s op-ed that addresses the $88,000 in outstanding school meal debt recently reported by the City Schools of Decatur. At a January school board meeting, City Schools of Decatur reported $88,000 in meal debt. This figure prompted leaders to announce that starting in February, students with debt from […] Read more »
