Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Ife Finch Floyd Reports Overview: Georgia’s 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for Human Services February 3, 2022 / October 13, 2026 by Ife Finch Floyd Download PDF Gov. Brian Kemp’s proposed $903 million Department of Human Services (DHS) budget for the 2023 fiscal year includes cost of living adjustments (COLA) for state workers as well as some additional investments in Georgia’s foster care system that help ensure the safety and protection of Georgia’s most vulnerable children. The Fiscal […] Read more » child care Department of Human Services foster-care Human Services low income assistance
Budget and Taxes K-12 Education Reports Stephen Owens Overview: 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for K-12 Education January 27, 2022 / October 13, 2026 by Stephen Owens Download PDF Gov. Kemp’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 provides Georgia’s public schools $10.7 billion, a $493 million increase above current funding. This addition would end budget cuts to the Quality Basic Education (QBE) funding formula, the state’s metric to determine necessary funding to K-12 public schools. The proposal includes an […] Read more » Budget K-12 k-12 education
Budget and Taxes Higher Education Jennifer Lee Reports Overview: 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for Lottery-Funded Programs January 27, 2022 / January 28, 2022 by Jennifer Lee Governor Brian Kemp’s proposed 2023 budget includes $1.4 billion for Georgia’s lottery-funded pre-Kindergarten and HOPE financial aid programs. About $982 million is for HOPE and $401 million is for pre-K. Lottery-funded programs saw increases to meet projected changes in need, increase HOPE Grant and Scholarship amounts at some schools, expand HOPE Career Grants […] Read more » Budget Higher Education HOPE HOPE Career Grant HOPE Scholarship Lottery Pre-K tcsg University System of Georgia usg
Budget and Taxes Higher Education Jennifer Lee Reports Overview: 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for Higher Education January 26, 2022 / January 26, 2022 by Jennifer Lee Gov. Brian Kemp’s proposed 2023 budget allocates $3.1 billion for the Board of Regents and $439 million for the Technical College System of Georgia. University System of Georgia Funding for the Teaching portion of the university system’s operating budget is set to increase by $633 million to $2.8 billion. Major highlights include the […] Read more » Budget Higher Education tcsg University System of Georgia usg
Budget and Taxes Daniel Kanso, PhD Reports Overview of Georgia’s 2023 Fiscal Year Budget January 21, 2022 / January 21, 2022 by Daniel Kanso, PhD Powered by unprecedented federal support to mitigate the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Kemp’s proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget presents a sharp reversal from the deep budget cuts implemented during FY 2021-22. It includes an 11 percent spike in per-capita state spending that will add approximately $3 billion in funding […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts State Budget
K-12 Education Reports Stephen Owens State of Education Funding (2022) January 6, 2022 / January 5, 2022 by Stephen Owens This report offers an assessment of the state of education funding in Georgia by analyzing how it compares to prior years and other states and exploring what areas are due for review or revision. In the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 budget, Georgia continued a pattern of cutting education and underfunding specific grants for the state’s […] Read more » Budget k-12 education school budget
Criminal Legal System Reform Ray Khalfani Reports Unjust Revenue from an Imbalanced Criminal Legal System: How Georgia’s Fines and Fees Worsen Racial Inequity December 16, 2021 / December 17, 2021 by Ray Khalfani Key Takeaways: Georgia’s poor governance of fines and fees revenue practices has allowed many economically underperforming localities to over-rely on fines and fees revenue, significantly contributing to Georgia having the highest probation rate in the country. Of the more than 430,000 Georgians who were on probation in 2018, nearly 40 percent of them were on […] Read more » Criminal Legal Systems driver's licenses fees fines revenue
Higher Education Jennifer Lee Reports A Need-Based Financial Aid Program for Georgia November 2, 2021 / November 3, 2021 by Jennifer Lee Key Takeaways Georgia can raise educational achievement through a need-based grant for college students, which it currently lacks. Policymakers can structure the grant to target more dollars towards students with financial need, promote racial/ethnic equity and raise graduation rates. The state has substantial lottery reserves and funds available to dedicate to need-based […] Read more » Higher Education need-based aid
Budget and Taxes Daniel Kanso, PhD Reports Reimagining Revenue: How Georgia’s Tax Code Contributes to Racial and Economic Inequality October 6, 2021 / October 8, 2021 by Daniel Kanso, PhD You can download the Reimagining Revenue fact sheet here. Executive Summary From the 18th century to the present day, state taxation policies have regularly contributed to worsening income inequality, with the bulk of tax and revenue measures enacted from the Great Recession of 2009 to the present day (2021) also primarily benefitting wealthy […] Read more » Budget & Taxes racial equity State Taxes wealth gap
K-12 Education Reports Stephen Owens Districts Turn to Federal Money to Fill Holes Made by the State: Results from GBPI’s 2021 School District Survey August 23, 2021 / August 25, 2021 by Stephen Owens This report was co-authored by Allie Schneider, Southern Education Foundation Policy Fellow Key Takeaways: 93 percent of surveyed districts reported planning to use federal relief funds to address budget shortfalls. School leaders have used Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) I and II funds to update technology, fill budget gaps and […] Read more » COVID-19 Education K-12
