Blog K-12 Education Stephen Owens Difficult Choices Made Worse by Budget Cuts: Results from GBPI’s 2020 School District Survey August 31, 2020 / October 13, 2026 by Stephen Owens Download PDF Each year, the Georgia Budget & Policy Institute sends a survey to every public school superintendent in Georgia to gather information on the current state of education, what improvements need to be made and how lawmakers can address the problems Georgia schools face. This year, school superintendents or other central office […] Read more » COVID-19 Education K-12
Budget Primer Higher Education Jennifer Lee K-12 Education Stephen Owens Georgia Education Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2021 August 10, 2020 / August 11, 2020 by Jennifer Lee Georgia’s 2021 Education Budget Georgia lawmakers cut $1 billion from the state’s budget for the Department of Education. The bulk of these cuts, totaling $950 million, will be passed on to 181 local K-12 school systems. State support for private school vouchers through tax credits and direct state funding face no budget cuts. Public school […] Read more » Budget Budget Cuts Education Higher Education HOPE Scholarship K-12
Fact Sheets Higher Education Jennifer Lee Learning the Basics Uncategorized Fast Facts on HOPE – 2020 July 29, 2020 / August 13, 2020 by Jennifer Lee HOPE At-a-Glance provides a quick and simple reference of the state’s six lottery-funded HOPE programs. HOPE provides grants and scholarships to students pursuing technical certificates and diplomas and associate and bachelor’s degrees. This downloadable, one-page fact sheet includes state budget information, eligibility requirements and number of students served. For more detailed information on HOPE, visit […] Read more » higher ed Higher Education HOPE Scholarship
Blog Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Coronavirus Health Justice Higher Education K-12 Education People Powered Prosperity Taifa Smith Butler Worker Justice GBPI Writes Senator Perdue About the HEROES Act July 27, 2020 / November 17, 2020 by Taifa Smith Butler GBPI recently wrote the following letter to Senators Perdue and Loeffler asking them to support the HEROES act and aid Georgians in this difficult time. We need your help — please write our senators today asking them to help Georgians recover and thrive. July 24, 2020 Dear Senator Perdue: Georgians have been hit hard by the COVID-19 […] Read more »
Fact Sheets Higher Education Jennifer Lee Learning the Basics Fast Facts on Student Access Loans July 2, 2020 / October 13, 2026 by Jennifer Lee Download PDF Student Access Loans (SAL), or Low-Interest Loans, are student loans funded by lottery dollars. The program began in 2012. Before using SAL, student borrowers must first use all available federal, institutional and private scholarships and loans, as well as veterans’ educational benefits. Georgia’s Fiscal Year 2021 budget for student access loans […] Read more » Higher Education student access loans Student Loans
Blog Higher Education Jennifer Lee People Powered Prosperity Keeping Pre-K Stable Helps Georgia Children and Parents June 17, 2020 / July 28, 2020 by Jennifer Lee Key Takeaways Agency budget proposals for lottery-funded programs included no cuts to HOPE and $53 million in cuts to pre-K. This would mean the elimination of 4,000 slots for Pre-K students, 13 fewer instructional days for children and six fewer teacher planning days. The Senate Appropriations Committee voted to restore the 4,000 pre-K slots that […] Read more » Budget Budget Cuts Higher Education HOPE Lottery Pre-K
Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Community Impact Health Justice Higher Education K-12 Education People Powered Prosperity Worker Justice Raise Revenue to Protect Georgia Families June 11, 2020 / October 13, 2026 by Alex Welch Download PDF Dear Governor Kemp and Members of the Georgia General Assembly, Thank you for your work in service of our state during this very difficult time. As partners in the effort to help our state recover, we are asking you to take action to protect the funding of critical services and programs in Georgia. […] Read more » 21budgetcuts Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts coronavirus Education health Higher Education K-12 Safety Net
Coronavirus Higher Education Jennifer Lee Reports Commonsense Solutions Can Mitigate Unprecedented Cuts to Higher Education May 21, 2020 / October 13, 2026 by Jennifer Lee Download PDF Key Takeaways Pending budget cuts to the University System of Georgia have the potential to reverse years of progress, lowering instructional quality, increasing dropout rates and hampering upward mobility. Similar cuts to the Technical College System could have negative long-term effects as less money flows to colleges for retraining displaced workers and educating […] Read more » college coronavirus covid HOPE Lottery tcsg Technical College System of Georgia University System of Georgia usg
Blog Coronavirus K-12 Education Stephen Owens Georgia at a Crossroads: Raising Revenues Sensibly or Forcing Schoolchildren to Pay for Years to Come May 18, 2020 / October 13, 2026 by Stephen Owens Download PDF Key Takeaways: Due to COVID-19, Georgia revenues are lagging. State leaders must either raise new revenues or make steep cuts to the budget, but budget cuts could devastate K-12 education for years to come. Austerity in the wake of the Great Recession led to increased class sizes, the end of enrichment programs such […] Read more » Budget Cuts coronavirus COVID-19 k-12 education raise revenue recession
Coronavirus Higher Education Jennifer Lee People Powered Prosperity State Agency Approves New Dual Enrollment Caps, Grade-Level Restrictions and SAT/ACT Deadlines for HOPE May 7, 2020 / July 28, 2020 by Jennifer Lee The Georgia Student Finance Commission (GSFC) Board of Commissioners approved several policy changes to Dual Enrollment, HOPE and Zell Miller Scholarships on May 1. Dual Enrollment changes follow the passage of House Bill 444, legislation designed to curb cost growth in the fast-growing program, which the governor signed on April 28. Other policy changes come […] Read more » Higher Education
