K-12 Education Reports Stephen Owens Special Education Funding in Georgia August 24, 2022 / September 20, 2022 by Stephen Owens | 2 Comments on Special Education Funding in Georgia By several measures Georgia has a typical special education program, but this says less about the state and more about the inequities that our nation allows to proliferate within the education for students with disabilities. Any evaluation of the program is a practice of deciding just how different a state or nation would allow an […] Read more » Education K-12 special education
Budget and Taxes Higher Education Jennifer Lee Reports Georgia Invests $255 Million More In FY 2023 Budget for College Affordability April 6, 2022 / May 19, 2022 by Jennifer Lee Two of the biggest higher education investments and policy changes this year come through the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget, which will go into effect on July 1, 2022: state funding of the Special Institutional Fee (SIF), and an increase in HOPE awards at some schools to cover 90 percent of tuition. Combined, these two […] Read more » Budget Higher Education tcsg University System of Georgia usg
Budget and Taxes Ray Khalfani Reports Worker Justice Overview: 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for the Georgia Department of Labor February 24, 2022 / February 24, 2022 by Ray Khalfani | 1 Comment on Overview: 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for the Georgia Department of Labor The governor is requesting modest spending increases to the Department of Labor (DOL) to amend to the current fiscal year (FY 2022) while seeking major budgetary changes that would transfer select programs out of DOL’s purview in the next fiscal year (FY 2023). The request amends the current fiscal year (FY 2022) spending […] Read more » Department of Labor jobs and economy
Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Ife Finch Floyd Reports Overview: 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning February 21, 2022 / October 13, 2026 by Ife Finch Floyd Download PDF In his Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget, Gov. Kemp proposed $461 million for the Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL). It includes more state resources for Child Care Services and pay raises for pre-Kindergarten teachers and assistant teachers. The FY 2023 proposal increases investment in the agency by $21 million […] Read more » child care DECAL Department of Early Care and Learning Pre-K
Budget and Taxes Criminal Legal System Reform Ray Khalfani Reports Overview: 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for the Georgia Department of Corrections February 16, 2022 / February 17, 2022 by Ray Khalfani For Fiscal Year (FY) 2023, Gov. Brian Kemp proposed a $1.27 billion budget for the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC), an agency charged with overseeing the state’s prison system. Furthermore, as part of a dual-agency operation to purchase and construct new state prison facilities, he proposed an additional $167.7 million for the Georgia […] Read more » corrections legal system
Budget and Taxes Health Justice Reports Overview: 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities February 16, 2022 / February 17, 2022 by David Schaefer Gov. Brian Kemp’s fiscal year (FY) 2023 budget proposal increases funding for the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) by $129 million compared to FY 2021, an 11 percent increase in state funds.[1] The FY 2023 budget proposal is a $96 million increase over FY 2020, representing a total increase of […] Read more » Behavioral Health Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Budget Cuts dbhdd
Budget and Taxes Health Justice Rachel Shanklin Reports Overview: 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for the Georgia Department of Public Health February 14, 2022 / February 15, 2022 by Rachel Shanklin GBPI Research Director David Schaefer also contributed to this report. Gov. Brian Kemp proposed a 2023 budget of $334.9 million in state general funds for the Department of Public Health (DPH). The agency is also set to receive $13.8 million from a tobacco industry legal settlement and $1.6 million from the Brain and […] Read more » Department of Public Health health-care Public Health
Budget and Taxes K-12 Education Reports Stephen Owens Hundreds of Millions of Dollars at Stake for a Failed Policy | Bill Analysis House Bill 60 (LC 49 0793S) February 10, 2022 / February 10, 2022 by Stephen Owens Note: This piece provides an update to a 2021 analysis of a previous version of the bill, available here. Georgia’s General Assembly operates on a two-year session cycle, so while the bill did not pass in 2021 it is still live and lawmakers may consider the current version. Key Takeaways House Bill 60 would […] Read more » Budget K-12 k-12 education vouchers
Budget and Taxes K-12 Education Reports Stephen Owens Bill Analysis: House Bill 999 (LC 49 0739) February 10, 2022 / February 10, 2022 by Stephen Owens Key Takeaways House Bill 999 relies on a faulty measure to calculate the state’s allocations to public schools Georgia cannot afford to ignore the needs inside public schools in favor of exclusionary private schools State lawmakers concerned about Georgia’s children should reject HB 999 and consider legislation like HB 10 which provided additional funding […] Read more » Budget K-12 k-12 education vouchers
Budget and Taxes Health Justice Reports Overview: 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for the Department of Community Health February 8, 2022 / March 7, 2022 by David Schaefer Gov. Brian Kemp proposed a 2023 budget of $3.9 billion in state general funds for the Department of Community Health (DCH). General funds for the agency increased by $516 million from the 2022 fiscal year, mostly to offset the expected loss of federal Medicaid matching funds and account for growth in Medicaid expenses.[1] […] Read more » Department of Community Health health-care medicaid patients first act PeachCare
