GBPI In The News Most Georgia schools graded D or F by the state serve low-income kids December 5, 2017 / January 14, 2020 by GBPI Admin In its new analysis of the grades awarded to schools by the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement, the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute found most schools where at least half of students are low-income earned a D or F, including 99 percent of extreme-poverty schools. (The institute defined extreme poverty as 75 percent or more of students coming from […] Read more » Claire Suggs Education K-12
GBPI In The News Georgia Senate panel seeks slowdown in passage of tax credits November 20, 2017 / January 14, 2020 by GBPI Admin A Georgia Senate panel is expected to recommend what would be a fairly revolutionary change in the way lawmakers have traditionally passed hundreds of millions of dollars worth of special-interest tax breaks at the end of each General Assembly session. Read the full article on The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Read more » Legislature tax breaks Wesley Tharpe
GBPI In The News With Tuition increases in the state of Georgia, need-based programs become a necessity November 3, 2017 / January 14, 2020 by GBPI Admin With the 2018-19 FAFSA application opening at the beginning of this month, most students are set to apply, but others are dealing with the issue of covering what their last aid awards didn’t. Georgia is one of the only two states that does not offer need-based aid programs weighted toward financial aid, according to the Georgia […] Read more » Higher Education HOPE Scholarship Jennifer Lee
GBPI In The News Health insurance hikes could exceed 50 percent October 18, 2017 / January 14, 2020 by GBPI Admin ATLANTA — Some Georgians will pay even steeper premium hikes for health insurance next year if Congress doesn’t renew cost-sharing reduction payments that President Donald Trump announced last week will soon end. About 42,000 of the nearly half million people enrolled under the Affordable Care Act in Georgia will likely be affected, according to Georgians […] Read more » Affordable Care Act health Laura Harker
GBPI In The News Sonny Perdue hints that those with jobs should be barred from food stamp program October 12, 2017 / January 14, 2020 by GBPI Admin Sonny Perdue is hinting that big changes could be in store for the federal food stamps, which fall under his purview as U.S. secretary of agriculture. During a speech in New York this week, the former Georgia governor was critical of the fact that able-bodied people with jobs receive the benefits. Read the full article in […] Read more » food stamps Safety Net
GBPI In The News Cobb judge approves Tyler Perry’s $1.8M tax break to park his jet there October 5, 2017 / March 12, 2021 by GBPI Admin Tyler Perry will get a $1.83 million cut in Cobb County taxes in exchange for registering and basing his luxury jet at McCollum Field. On Thursday, Cobb Superior Court Judge G. Grant Brantley approved the last component of the package — a $35.3 million bond deal to refinance the aircraft. State tax experts and former Cobb leaders […] Read more » tax breaks Wesley Tharpe
GBPI In The News Study: Georgia would see big gains under GOP bill, but not long term September 20, 2017 / January 14, 2020 by GBPI Admin Georgia and several other Southern states initially would gain in federal health care funding under a Republican bill speeding through the U.S. Senate, a new analysis finds. But that effect would begin to wear off after a decade from now, and ultimately could lead to losses for all states as compared with current funding streams, […] Read more » Affordable Care Act Laura Harker Medicaid Expansion
GBPI In The News The cost of removing DACA in Georgia September 13, 2017 / March 12, 2021 by GBPI Admin Last week, the Trump Administration announced plans to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. This program grants legal protections to people who entered the United States illegally as children. The decision left roughly 800,000 people who rely on the program in a legal limbo. Listen to the interview on GPB News. Read more » economy immigration Wesley Tharpe
GBPI In The News Georgia desperate for need-based aid September 8, 2017 / January 14, 2020 by GBPI Admin It is no secret that college tuitions around the nation are rising every year. These rising prices cause what I call “student-cutbacks,” where large percentages of students are forced to drop out of their universities because they can no longer afford their education. This problem has grown in Georgia in the past years, and the […] Read more » Higher Education HOPE Scholarship
GBPI In The News Georgia college graduation program showing progress September 1, 2017 / January 14, 2020 by GBPI Admin In 2011, the University System of Georgia launched an initiative aimed at ensuring more students leave school prepared for the high-skilled jobs the modern workforce requires. Read the full article on The Atlanta Business Chronicle. Read more » college Education Jennifer Lee
