Category: Higher Education
Historic Federal Tax Shift Benefits Wealthiest, Grows Deficit and Exacerbates Georgia’s Rural Challenges
GBPI Staff
July 17, 2025
The role of government in society is to enact policies that are needed to advance towards economic justice. Those policies include supporting Georgians’ basic needs (food shelter, healthcare, education), improving their household financial stability (living wages/stable resources to pay bills)
Georgia Education Primer for State Fiscal Year 2026
Ashley Young
June 30, 2025
Read More of the 2026 Budget Primer here. The Department of Early Care and Learning FY 2026 Budget The Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL) administers: Childcare and Parent Services (CAPS); the Georgia Pre-kindergarten Program; Nutrition Services, which administers
Overview: 2026 Fiscal Year Budget for the Georgia Student Finance Commission
Ashley Young
February 18, 2025
Introduction The Georgia Student Finance Commission (GSFC) is the state’s higher education finance agency with over 20 state and lottery funded scholarships, grants and loans. To ensure that students are prepared for post-secondary education, GSFC provides free financial aid
Overview: 2026 Fiscal Year Budget for the Technical College System of Georgia
Ashley Young
February 18, 2025
Introduction The Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) governs 22 two-year post-secondary institutions that offer technical education, adult education and workforce development programs. TCSG encompasses over 88 campus locations across the state and more than 600 programs. They experienced
Overview: 2026 Fiscal Year Budget for the University System of Georgia
Ashley Young
February 18, 2025
Introduction Georgia’s four-year public higher education system, the University System of Georgia (USG), is composed of 26 higher education institutions located across the state.[1] USG also encompasses the Georgia Public Library Service, which manages 61 libraries; and the Georgia
Georgia Education Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2025
Ashley Young
August 8, 2024
This section is co-authored by Vice President of Research and Policy, David Schaefer, Director of Economic Justice Ife Finch Floyd and Senior Education Analyst Ashley Young. The 20-Year View In 2004, Georgia’s per capita spending on elementary, secondary education and
The Ongoing Battle for Student Loan Debt Relief
Ashley Young
July 16, 2024
This blog explores the challenges of student loan debt relief and potential solutions, focusing on the experience of borrowers in Georgia–borrowers like me. This past spring, Georgia’s attorney general, Chris Carr, joined seven other state attorneys general in Missouri
GBPI Responds to US District Court Rulings Blocking Student Loan Relief
Staci Fox
June 25, 2024
GEORGIA — The Georgia Policy and Budget Institute (GBPI) is disappointed in yesterday’s partial preliminary injunctions issued by US District Courts in Kansas and Missouri that temporarily block student loan borrowers from accessing crucial benefits under the Biden-Harris Administration’s Student
Organizations Unite in Open Letter to Support Student Loan Debt Relief Amid Legal Challenges
Ashley Young
June 3, 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Today, a network of organizations sent an open letter to the Attorneys General of their respective states, opposing recent lawsuits challenging a student loan debt relief initiative. The lawsuits, initiated by Georgia Attorney General Christopher Carr
