Budget and Taxes Policy Areas Reports Overview of the House of Representatives Proposed FY 2011 Budget April 16, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff The House’s version of the FY 2011 budget balances the budget by incorporating additional budget cuts than that of the governor’s proposed FY 2011 budget. Compared to the pre-recession FY 2009 budget, the House version includes cuts totaling 17.8 percent, or $3.6 billion. In the long term, and in light of billion $ deficit projected […] Read more » budget deficit FY 2011 Report State Budget
Budget and Taxes Health Justice Policy Areas Reports House FY 2011 Health Care Budgets Highlights April 16, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff The House of Reps’ FY 2011 budget cuts General Fund spending in the Department of Community Health (DCH) by $285.4 million relative to the originally enacted FY 2010 budget. In addition, the House budget reflects lost state funding from the Tobacco Settlement and from the Care Management Organization fee totaling $207.2 million. Download the PDF. Read more » Care Management Organization fee DCH Department of Community Health FY 2011 health State Budget tobacco settlement
Budget and Taxes K-12 Education Policy Areas Reports Highlights of the House’s FY 2011 Education Budget April 16, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff The House of Reps’ FY 2011 budget cuts K-12, University System, and Technical Colleges — by an additional $318 million more than the governor’s January proposal. It increases funds for Pre-K. Accounting for inflation, per student state funding for K-12 will drop to its lowest point in a decade, even after include Recovery Act funds. […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts Education FY 2011 K-12 State Budget Technical Colleges University System
Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Policy Areas Reports Highlights of the House’s FY 2011 Budget Proposal for the Dept. of Human Services April 16, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff The House of Reps’ FY 2011 budget proposal cuts the Department of Human Services budget by an additional $11.4 million over the governor’s January proposal. DHS now faces a $33 million cut in state General Funds for FY 2011 compared to this year’s enacted budget. This is a 6.1 percent cut on top of several […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts Department of Human Services Economic Security FY 2011 Safety Net State Budget
Budget and Taxes Policy Areas Reports Adding Up the Fiscal Notes 2010: The Impact of Revenue Bills Passed by the House April 2, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff The House of Reps passed bills to raise nearly $300 million in new revenues and improve tax collections. However, they continued to pass long-term tax cuts ($380 million a year) and to disregard other tax options, such as reassessing existing tax exemptions. Download the PDF. Read more » Adding Up the Fiscal Notes State Budget State Taxes tax cuts
Budget and Taxes Reports House Bill 1219 Singles Out the Poorest Georgians to Tax March 24, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff More than 1 million Georgia taxpayers claimed the Low Income Tax Credit in 2007, receiving $29 million in credits. If legislators eliminate the refundable portion of the credit, they will be cutting the Low Income Tax Credit by two-thirds, lowering the total credits to low-income Georgians by $21.8 million, according to the fiscal note to […] Read more » HB 1219 House Bill 1219 Low Income Tax Credit Report State Taxes
Budget and Taxes Policy Areas Reports Sensible Tax Change to State Income Tax Would Raise $450 Million March 11, 2010 / October 13, 2026 by GBPI Staff Download PDF Georgia is one of a few states that allows a deduction for state income taxes for filers who itemize. Repealing it would bring in an estimated $450 million, which in K-12 education alone, could have prevented the six furlough days and additional cuts to the education funding formula in the amended budget. Repealing […] Read more » Budget & Taxes Income Tax Report State Budget state income tax State Taxes
Budget and Taxes Policy Areas Reports Last Chance for Policymakers to Fund Forest Land Protection Act Reimbursements February 22, 2010 / October 13, 2026 by GBPI Staff Download PDF The Amended Fiscal Year 2010 budget should contain the first state reimbursements to certain schools and counties for property tax exemptions provided in the Forest Land Protection Act of 2008. Without these funds, several rural school districts face another loss of revenue, beyond the cuts to formula funding experienced across districts. Read more » Forest Land Protection Act Reports State Budget
Budget and Taxes K-12 Education Policy Areas Reports Highlights of the Governor’s FY 2011 Education Budget Proposals January 27, 2010 / October 13, 2026 by GBPI Staff Download PDF Education does not escape the governor’s proposed cuts to agencies for the upcoming year. Adjusted for inflation, per student state spending on K-12 education and the University System will fall to their lowest levels in a decade. Read more » Education FY 2011 K-12 Report State Budget University System
Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Reports Highlights of the Governor’s FY 2011 Department of Human Services Budget Proposals January 27, 2010 / October 13, 2026 by GBPI Staff Download PDF The Department of Human Services is facing a wide variety of budget cuts in the FY 2011 budget proposal. These cuts come on top of the cuts already implemented in the FY 2010 budget. Read more » Department of Human Services Economic Security FY 2010 FY 2011 Report Safety Net State Budget
