Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Georgia Budget Trends Primer for State Fiscal Year 2023 July 27, 2022 / July 26, 2022 by Daniel Kanso, PhD Budget Trends The $30.2 billion state budget signed into law by Gov. Kemp for FY 2023, which started July 1, 2022, represents a return to pre-pandemic levels of spending across most areas of government, albeit with state government employing nearly 5,800 fewer full-time staff in FY 2021 than it did in 2019, down nearly 9 […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts State Budget
Budget Primer Higher Education K-12 Education Georgia Education Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2023 July 27, 2022 / July 26, 2022 by Stephen Owens This section is co-authored by K-12 Senior Policy Analyst Dr. Stephen Owens and Higher Education Senior Policy Analyst Jennifer Lee. Georgia’s 2023 Education Budget The state budget for K-12 public schools is $10.7 billion in FY 2023. After years of budgets with dedicated cuts to the state’s education system, lawmakers met the school funding requirement […] Read more » Education Higher Education K-12 State Budget
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Georgia Revenue Primer for State Fiscal Year 2023 July 27, 2022 / September 6, 2022 by Daniel Kanso, PhD Introduction Georgia plans to spend $30.2 billion in state money raised through taxes and fees for the 2023 fiscal year. This budget largely reflects a restoration of previous COVID-era budget cuts and represented a unique opportunity to invest in state fiscal policies that advance racial equity and economic opportunity, and to help Georgia families from […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts State Budget
Budget Primer Health Justice Georgia Health Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2023 July 27, 2022 / July 26, 2022 by Leah Chan | 1 Comment on Georgia Health Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2023 Georgia’s 2023 Health Budget The Departments of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Community Health and Public Health are the three primary agencies focused on the state’s health care and public health systems. Georgia plans to provide $6.2 billion in total state funds for these three agencies in the 2023 budget year, or about 20 percent […] Read more » health medicaid Medicaid Expansion State Budget
Crystal Munoz GBPI In The News Health Justice Inclusive Economy for Immigrants Press Releases & Statements PRESS RELEASE: Mental Health Parity Act Lacks Sufficient Support For Georgia’s Immigrants March 30, 2022 / August 8, 2022 by Crystal Muñoz RELEASE: Mental Health Parity Act Lacks Sufficient Support For Georgia’s Immigrants ATLANTA — Today, the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute issued a statement in response to the Senate passage of the Mental Health Parity Act or House Bill 1013. Lawmakers have restored more robust parity language to HB 1013 which ensures greater payment for behavioral […] Read more » health health-care immigration Press Release
Budget and Taxes Community Impact Past Events Recap | Insights 2022: Treating Care Workers as Essential, Not Invisible January 21, 2022 / January 17, 2023 by Caitlin Highland Each year the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute hosts an annual policy conference to inform policy discussions during the state’s Legislative Session. For the second year in a row, this annual policy conference was both free and virtual. This year’s conference focused on how Georgia can better support our care workers, many of whom are […] Read more » Insights Policy Conference
Blog Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Community Impact Health Justice Higher Education Inclusive Economy for Immigrants K-12 Education People Powered Prosperity Worker Justice 2022 Policy Priorities December 13, 2021 / January 7, 2022 by Caitlin Highland The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s goal is to shine a light on people-first policies that help all Georgians share in the state’s prosperity. These are the policy priorities GBPI will track during 2022. Many are part of our People-Powered Prosperity campaign. For more insights throughout session, be sure to follow @GaBudget on Twitter or georgiabudget on Instagram […] Read more »
GBPI In The News Latest Georgia Unemployment Figures Don’t Tell Whole Story September 7, 2021 / September 7, 2021 by Alex Welch Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic has not reached all Georgians equally, and unemployment figures do not tell the full story. Black Georgians are finding their way back to the work place more slowly than their white counterparts. “The share of black Georgians who are unemployed and enrolled in unemployment insurance is higher than it’s been […] Read more »
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Georgia Revenue Primer for State Fiscal Year 2022 June 29, 2021 / July 1, 2021 by Daniel Kanso, PhD Introduction Georgia plans to spend $27.3 billion in state money raised through taxes and fees for the 2022 fiscal year. The budget maintains nearly $850 million in cuts from FY 2020 levels, a reduction equivalent to cutting approximately 4 percent of General Funds from the budget. Although lawmakers restored about half of the previous year’s […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts State Budget
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Georgia Budget Trends Primer for State Fiscal Year 2022 June 29, 2021 / July 1, 2021 by Daniel Kanso, PhD Budget Trends The $27.3 billion state budget signed into law by Gov. Kemp for FY 2022, which started July 1, 2021, represents an $849 million decrease in state spending from the state’s 2020 budget that was enacted two years prior—that is, compared to pre-pandemic levels—without adjusting for changes in population and inflation. The FY 2022 […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts State Budget
