GBPI In The News Report: 6 steps Georgia can take To make college affordable January 10, 2018 / January 14, 2020 by GBPI Admin More jobs these days require some kind of college education. The rising cost of higher education stands between a lot of Georgians and their diplomas. The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute has issued some recommendations to make college more affordable and accessible. Read the full article on WABE. Read more » Higher Education HOPE Scholarship Jennifer Lee
GBPI In The News Report links poverty to school performance in Georgia January 7, 2018 / March 5, 2021 by GBPI Admin Some 70 percent of Georgia school district leaders say poverty is the most significant out-of-school issue that limits student learning, according to a recent report from the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute. That’s a view shared by local school leaders. Read the full article on The Gainesville Times. Read more » Claire Suggs Education K-12
Blog Budget and Taxes Community Impact Higher Education Taifa Smith Butler Albany, Georgia: Good people, great community, tremendous needs December 13, 2017 / April 14, 2020 by Taifa Smith Butler Ursula looked me in my eyes and said “When you go back to Atlanta, the first thing that needs to come out of your mouth when you talk to them [policymakers] is that they need to increase the minimum wage.” She was just one of many students the GBPI team heard from at Family Literacy […] Read more » Budget & Taxes Economic Security economy Education health Higher Education
GBPI In The News Austerity cuts hit school system budgets hard December 7, 2017 / January 14, 2020 by GBPI Admin Removing austerity cuts to the state’s formula in providing funding to public schools was one of a number of issues brought before Floyd County legislators during a joint meeting with local school boards Thursday. Members of the boards of education for the Rome and Floyd County school systems, along with their superintendents, had a chance […] Read more » Education K-12 Legislature
GBPI In The News Georgia Budget and Policy Institute needs community improvement ideas December 6, 2017 / March 15, 2021 by GBPI Admin ALBANY, GA (WALB) – The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute asked the faith-based community to give them ideas for improvements, especially in healthcare, in South Georgia. At a meeting Wednesday night, participants used their phones to answer questions about the changes they wanted to be made in their communities. Topics brought up were education, health care, quality of life […] Read more » Education health Jobs
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
