Ashley Young Budget Primer Education Higher Education Ife Finch Floyd K-12 Education Reports Stephen Owens Georgia Education Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2024 June 27, 2023 / June 26, 2023 by Stephen Owens This section is co-authored by Director of Education Dr. Stephen Owens, Director of Economic Justice Ife Finch Floyd and Education Analyst Ashley Young. Georgia’s 2024 Education Budget The state budget for K-12 public schools is $11.9 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2024, an increase of $1.2 billion from FY 2023. Seventy-two percent of the additional […] Read more » Budget child care services Education Georgia higher ed k-12 education K-12 schools lottery reserves Pre-K pre-K funding private school vouchers tcsg universities usg
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Daniel Kanso, PhD Reports Georgia Budget Trends Primer for State Fiscal Year 2024 June 27, 2023 / June 26, 2023 by Daniel Kanso, PhD Budget Trends The $32.4 billion state budget signed into law by Gov. Kemp for fiscal year (FY) 2024, which starts July 1, 2023, represents a relatively flat level of spending that remains well below the state’s capacity and falls short of meeting the needs of Georgians across core areas, from access to health care to […] Read more » budget disregards Education fiscal year 2024 Georgia budget trends healthcare income tax shift revenue reserves spending State Budget tax breaks
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Daniel Kanso, PhD Reports Georgia Revenue Primer for State Fiscal Year 2024 June 27, 2023 / July 3, 2023 by Daniel Kanso, PhD | 1 Comment on Georgia Revenue Primer for State Fiscal Year 2024 Introduction Georgia’s 2024 fiscal year (FY) runs from July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024. The total available funding to the state is $55.9 billion. That includes $32.4 billion in state funding, $17.9 billion in federal funding and $11 billion in agency funds and state employee benefit plan transfers. Before the Great Recession, adjusting for […] Read more » agency funds budget allocation budget impact budget legislation budget process education-funding federal funding funding sources Georgia fiscal year Georgia residents georgia-budget health care funding racist policies revenue system state funding transportation-funding
Budget and Taxes Daniel Kanso, PhD Reports Gov. Kemp Sets New Precedent: $242 Million in Non-Binding Budget Disregards, $13.1 Million in Line-Item Vetoes June 14, 2023 / June 14, 2023 by Daniel Kanso, PhD With Gov. Brian P. Kemp’s signature, Georgia’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget became law ahead of the state’s next fiscal year, which begins on July 1, 2023. However, Gov. Kemp’s approval of the spending plan was accompanied by a wave of 134 non-binding orders to either fully or partially disregard budget language and appropriations comprising […] Read more » Budget Cuts budget disregards economic impact Education finance georgia-budget government spending healthcare infrastructure policy public funding surplus revenues
Budget and Taxes Press Releases & Statements RELEASE: GBPI Examines the Current State of Economic Security for Black Women and Latinas in Post-Pandemic Georgia May 11, 2023 / September 12, 2023 by Anthony Hill RELEASE: GBPI Examines the Current State of Economic Security for Black Women and Latinas in Post-Pandemic Georgia ATLANTA, GEORGIA — Today, the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute released a blog titled ‘Surviving not Thriving: Post-Pandemic Economic Security for Black Women and Latinas in Georgia.’ In this analysis, we examine the shortcomings of Georgia policies in supporting […] Read more » Economic Justice economic mobility health health-care Press Release
Blog Dominique Derbigny Sims Economic Justice Surviving not Thriving: Post-Pandemic Economic Security for Black Women and Latinas in Georgia May 11, 2023 / May 12, 2023 by Dominique Derbigny Sims In 2021, GBPI reflected on the unequal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on economic security for Black women and Latinas. On May 11, the national public health emergency, which was declared more than three years ago, officially expires. During the pandemic, Georgians benefited from federal expansions to health care access via Medicaid, expansions to Unemployment […] Read more » American Rescue Plan Black women COVID-19 COVID-19 pandemic Economic Security expansions to health care access federal student loan debts Latinas medicaid mortgages relief packages Revenue Shortfall Reserve U.S. public health emergency Unemployment Insurance
Health Justice Leah Chan New Legislation and Continued Failure to Expand Medicaid Put Georgia’s Health Care Safety Net on Uncertain Path May 3, 2023 / May 5, 2023 by Leah Chan State Plans to Launch Two New, State-Run Health Care Programs While Unwinding Medicaid Continuous Coverage In April 2023, the state began the 14-month process to redetermine the eligibility of all 2.7 million Georgians covered by Medicaid and PeachCare. On its own, this process is a massive, complex undertaking. It places pressure on our state agencies […] Read more » continuous coverage Department of Human Services DHS Georgia Access Model health insurance health insurance marketplace medicaid medicaid unwinding PeachCare
Budget and Taxes Health Justice Press Releases & Statements GBPI Statement on the Signage of SB 65 May 2, 2023 / September 12, 2023 by Anthony Hill GBPI Statement on the Signage of SB 65 ATLANTA, GEORGIA — Today, the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute released a statement in response to the Governor’s signage of Senate Bill 65, which authorizes the Insurance Commissioner to establish a state-based marketplace, shifting Georgia away from Healthcare.gov. Launching two new, state-run health care programs—a state-based marketplace and […] Read more » health health-care Pathways to Coverage Press Release statement
Budget and Taxes Press Releases & Statements PRESS RELEASE: On Tax Day, Georgia Should Commit to Reimagining the Tax Code to Promote Equity and Shared Prosperity April 18, 2023 / September 12, 2023 by Anthony Hill PRESS RELEASE: On Tax Day, Georgia Should Commit to Reimagining the Tax Code to Promote Equity and Shared Prosperity ATLANTA, GEORGIA — This Tax Day, Georgians are living under a state tax system designed to favor the wealthy and special-interest corporations, who pay a smaller share of their income in state and local taxes than […] Read more » health health-care immigration Press Release
Blog Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Criminal Legal System Reform David Schaefer Health Justice Higher Education Inclusive Economy for Immigrants K-12 Education People Powered Prosperity Worker Justice Sine Die 2023 Recap March 29, 2023 / September 5, 2023 by David Schaefer | 1 Comment on Sine Die 2023 Recap Legislative Session 2023 finished in the usual flurry of maneuvers and votes that lasted until the final minutes of Sine Die—the 40th and final day that the Georgia General Assembly meets each year. Throughout Sine Die, GBPI remained focused on our key priorities. The team and many partners pressed forward policies that support rural families, […] Read more » Budget flat tax Income Tax school vouchers Sine Die unemployment trust fund
