GBPI In The News Press Stephen Owens Kemp signs private-school vouchers bill April 23, 2024 / May 7, 2024 by Stephen Owens ATLANTA – Gov. Brian Kemp signed a private-school vouchers bill Tuesday, culminating a fight Republicans have waged for years to give students in low-performing schools another option. Senate Bill 233, which the GOP-controlled General Assembly passed last month largely along party lines, will offer vouchers worth up to $6,500 to parents of children enrolled in […] Read more » GBPI Georgia Georgia Lawmakers Georgia legislation k-12 education K-12 schools private school vouchers SB 233 school vouchers Senate Bill 233 vouchers
GBPI In The News Press Stephen Owens Georgia House speaker aims to persuade resistant Republicans in voucher push March 14, 2024 / March 27, 2024 by Stephen Owens ATLANTA — Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns is leaning into the push to pass a voucher plan funding private school tuition and home schooling, looking to change the minds of fellow Republican skeptics. Burns made what he said was his first-ever appearance at a House Education Committee meeting Wednesday. He urged the panel to advance […] Read more » GBPI Georgia Georgia Lawmakers Georgia legislation k-12 education K-12 schools private school vouchers SB 233 school vouchers Senate Bill 233 vouchers
Blog Budget and Taxes Daniel Kanso, PhD Education K-12 Education People Powered Prosperity Stephen Owens New GBPI/UGA Poll Shows Georgians Oppose Private School Vouchers; Support Funding Public Schools February 27, 2024 / February 28, 2024 by Daniel Kanso, PhD A new poll commissioned by the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) from the University of Georgia (UGA) School of Public and International Affairs Survey Research Center shows that most Georgia parents and registered state voters oppose private school vouchers. At the mid-point of the 2024 Legislative Session, the Georgia General Assembly is considering legislation […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Higher Education K-12 tax breaks
Budget and Taxes K-12 Education Reports Stephen Owens Overview: 2025 Fiscal Year Budget for K-12 Education January 30, 2024 / January 31, 2024 by Stephen Owens Introduction Governor Kemp’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget proposal provides Georgia’s public schools $13.3 billion, a $1.4 billion increase above current funding. The proposal includes increases to the Quality Basic Education Program of $368 million to give teachers a cost-of-living adjustment and $242 million to assume an additional increase to the employer share […] Read more » Budget K-12 k-12 education
K-12 Education Stephen Owens Video Video: What is Chronic Absenteeism January 4, 2024 / January 4, 2024 by Stephen Owens Read more »
GBPI In The News Stephen Owens Op-ed: Legislature ‘24: Rethink education funding so all kids get equitable shot January 2, 2024 / January 5, 2024 by Stephen Owens The Atlanta Journal-Constitution features GBPI Director of Education, Stephen Owens’, op-ed on how Georgia lawmakers can use the 2024 Legislative Session to reform the way Georgia funds its public schools, making them more equitable for all. Dr. Owens sheds light on how changing a few things would make schools more efficient and fair for all […] Read more »
Education K-12 Education Reports Stephen Owens Schools Left with the Bill: Results of GBPI 2023 School District Survey October 10, 2023 / October 10, 2023 by Stephen Owens This report was co-authored by Jariel Davis, a fellow in the Southern Education Leadership Initiative, a program within the Southern Education Foundation. Every year, the Georgia Budget & Policy Institute (GBPI) distributes a survey to each public school superintendent in the state to collect information on the effects of education funding on individual […] Read more » education-funding Georgia schools healthcare costs inflation impact k12 education non-certified employee health insurance opportunity weight public education pupil transportation school survey school teachers state funding student poverty teacher salaries
Ashley Young Budget Primer Education Higher Education Ife Finch Floyd K-12 Education Reports Stephen Owens Georgia Education Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2024 June 27, 2023 / June 26, 2023 by Stephen Owens This section is co-authored by Director of Education Dr. Stephen Owens, Director of Economic Justice Ife Finch Floyd and Education Analyst Ashley Young. Georgia’s 2024 Education Budget The state budget for K-12 public schools is $11.9 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2024, an increase of $1.2 billion from FY 2023. Seventy-two percent of the additional […] Read more » Budget child care services Education Georgia higher ed k-12 education K-12 schools lottery reserves Pre-K pre-K funding private school vouchers tcsg universities usg
Bill Analysis Budget and Taxes K-12 Education Stephen Owens Fact Sheet: Voucher Dollars Take from the Many to Benefit the Few March 22, 2023 / March 24, 2023 by Stephen Owens Using data from the state’s expenses for the existing tax credit voucher and comparing to population data, it’s clear that vouchers drain money from rural Georgia to benefit a few counties. Fulton County, for example, only has 10 percent of the state’s population, but used over 20 percent of the total tax credit […] Read more » education budget k-12 education k12 Private School Scholarships private schools public-schools school vouchers
Bill Analysis Budget and Taxes K-12 Education Stephen Owens Bill Analysis: SB 233 March 14, 2023 / March 14, 2023 by Stephen Owens | 3 Comments on Bill Analysis: SB 233 Key Takeaways Senate Bill 233 is conservatively projected to cost an additional $150 million upon full implementation This voucher would divert public funds from schools serving majority Black students and majority living in poverty State lawmakers concerned about Georgia’s children should reject SB 233 and consider legislation like SB 284 or HB 668 which provide […] Read more » education budget k-12 education k12 Private School Scholarships private schools public-schools school vouchers
