Author Blog Claire Suggs K-12 Education Georgia’s College Students Squeezed Again April 25, 2013 / January 17, 2020 by Claire Suggs | 1 Comment on Georgia’s College Students Squeezed Again It just got tougher for Georgia’s students to afford college. Last week the Board of Regents of the state’s university system raised tuition for fall 2013. The tuition hikes range from a high of 7 percent at Georgia Tech to 2.5 percent at state universities. Students at the state’s flagship, the University of Georgia, will […] Read more » K-12
Author Blog Claire Suggs K-12 Education Georgia Omits Critical Part of Common Core: Educators April 19, 2013 / January 16, 2020 by Claire Suggs | 2 Comments on Georgia Omits Critical Part of Common Core: Educators Georgia is rolling out ambitious new standards for student performance in K-12, but is skimping on needed comprehensive financial support that would clear a path for success. The Common Core Georgia Performance Standards are rigorous goals that outline what students should know and be able to do in math and English as they progress through […] Read more »
Author Blog Claire Suggs K-12 Education Don’t Expand Private School Scholarship Tax Credit Program Until Effectiveness is Proven March 25, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Claire Suggs Why should Georgia divert more taxpayer money to support private school scholarships when the public has no idea if the state gets a good return on the existing $50 million worth of tax breaks it devotes to the program? That’s a question lawmakers should answer before approving Senate Bill 243, a proposal to raise the […] Read more »
Author Blog Claire Suggs Higher Education K-12 Education Student Higher Ed Costs Soar as State Funding Drops March 19, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Claire Suggs Georgia is investing far less in higher education today than it was five years ago, according to a new report. As a result, students and their families are shouldering more of the cost of college than ever, leaving them with larger debt loads or pricing them out entirely even as the state is trying to […] Read more » Higher Education
Author Claire Suggs K-12 Education Library Reports Transparency for Private School Scholarships Improves March 8, 2013 / January 16, 2020 by Claire Suggs Senate Bill 243 (SB 243), unlike the related House Bill 140 (HB 140) introduced earlier in 2013 legislative session, would bring overdue focus, transparency and accountability to the private school scholarship tax credit program. But it does not end its annual expansion. The proposed changes would encourage making students with the greatest financial need a […] Read more »
Author Claire Suggs K-12 Education Reports Private School Scholarships to Divert $30 Million More in Revenue February 20, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Claire Suggs Championed as a quasi-voucher bill by its author, House Bill 140 would expand Georgia’s private school scholarship tax credit program from $50 million to $80 million, diverting an additional $30 million in potential state revenue from the general fund. The program provides dollar for dollar tax credits to taxpayers who contribute to private school scholarships […] Read more » Education HOPE Scholarship
Alan Essig Blog K-12 Education Improved Access to HOPE Grant a Start, but Georgia’s Higher Ed Goals Call for More February 13, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Alan Essig Gov. Nathan Deal deserves a pat on the back for his support of state Rep. Stacey Evans’ proposal to lower the GPA requirement for the lottery-funded HOPE Grant, which will give more students access to workforce education at technical colleges. Still, much more needs to be done if the state is going to meet its […] Read more » Education HOPE Scholarship
Author Budget and Taxes Claire Suggs Featured K-12 Education Reports Overview: Georgia’s 2014 Fiscal Year Budget for PK-12 February 5, 2013 / January 17, 2020 by Claire Suggs New Plan Continues $1 Billion Underfunding of QBE The overview of Georgia’s 2014 fiscal year budget for K-12 education report reviews the proposed FY 2014 budget and the impact it has on early childhood and K-12 education. Georgia continues to shortchange its K-12 students. The Quality Basic Education (QBE) program, the primary mechanism for distributing […] Read more » Claire Suggs Education K-12 Pre-K State Budget
Author Budget and Taxes Claire Suggs Higher Education K-12 Education Reports Overview: Georgia’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget for Higher Education February 5, 2013 / January 17, 2020 by Claire Suggs Georgia Balances the Books by Making Higher Education Less Accessible The overview of Georgia’s 2014 fiscal year budget for higher education report analyzes the impact it has on higher education. Georgia plans to continue down a path that makes its university and technical college education less available to all but its highest achieving or most […] Read more » Claire Suggs Education Higher Education State Budget
Blog Claire Suggs K-12 Education Changes to HOPE: Bad for Georgia’s Future December 21, 2012 / January 15, 2020 by Claire Suggs The Wall Street Journal this week examined the impact of changes to Georgia’s HOPE scholarships made by the legislature in 2011, and the picture isn’t pretty. According to the Journal’s analysis, the legislature’s decision to boost academic requirements for HOPE, reduce awards and create a new Zell Miller Scholarship with the most rigorous requirements and […] Read more » HOPE Scholarship
