Author Claire Suggs K-12 Education Library Reports The Schoolhouse Squeeze September 17, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Claire Suggs State Cuts, Plunging Property Values Pinch School Districts Georgia’s school districts are struggling against a relentless financial squeeze. The Georgia Legislature cut billions in state funding for public schools in recent years, while plunging property values drove down the main local source of revenue, the property tax. Meanwhile, the number of low-income students is soaring, […] Read more » K-12
Author Claire Suggs Fact Sheets K-12 Education Library Policy Areas The Schoolhouse Squeeze Report Summary September 17, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Claire Suggs State Cuts, Plunging Property Values Pinch School Districts School districts across Georgia are relentlessly pressed by ongoing cuts in state funding and simultaneous declines in property values. “The Schoolhouse Squeeze,” a new report from the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, takes a fresh look at the convergence of shrinking state financial support and declining local […] Read more » K-12
Author Fact Sheets Library Wesley Tharpe Six Reasons Why Georgians Should Protect the Income Tax August 9, 2013 / January 16, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Proposals Would Hurt Families, Businesses, Communities and the Economy Currently in vogue in several states, plans to drastically cut or abolish state income taxes and replace them with higher sales taxes are under discussion in Georgia. But these proposals would raise taxes on most Georgia families, harm businesses and communities and critically undermine the state’s […] Read more »
Author Budget and Taxes Featured Library Policy Areas Reports Wesley Tharpe Tax Shift Plans Threaten Georgia’s Future August 7, 2013 / January 16, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe | 1 Comment on Tax Shift Plans Threaten Georgia’s Future Proposals Would Hurt Families, Businesses, Communities and the Economy Currently in vogue in several states, plans to drastically cut or abolish state income taxes and replace them with higher sales taxes are under discussion in Georgia. But these proposals would raise taxes on most Georgia families, harm businesses and communities and critically undermine the state’s […] Read more » State Taxes
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Featured Library Policy Areas Reports Georgia Budget Primer 2014 July 9, 2013 / April 14, 2020 by GBPI Admin The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) is pleased to present its Georgia Budget Primer 2014, a guide to understanding the state’s revenue collections and its spending plan. The publication contains basics to help a novice digest the budget’s complexities. People well-versed in state budget matters will also want to return to this publication often […] Read more » State Budget
Author Budget Primer Cash and Safety Net Featured Library Melissa Johnson Policy Areas Reports GBPI 2014 Primer: Human Services July 9, 2013 / April 14, 2020 by Melissa Johnson Georgia’s spending to help children, the poor and seniors is overseen by the state Department of Human Services, which has a 2014 budget of $486 million, or about 3 percent of the total. Budget cuts in recent years have strained the state’s safety net designed to safeguard its most vulnerable people from abuse. Download the […] Read more »
Author Budget Primer Health Justice Library Policy Areas Reports Timothy Sweeney GBPI 2014 Primer: Health Care July 9, 2013 / April 14, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney Georgia is budgeting about $4 billion for health care in 2014, the second largest category of state investment. More than half of that is for Medicaid and PeachCare. People enrolled in the Aged, Blind, Disabled Medicaid program account for the bulk of the spending. The health care section also explains that if Georgia expands Medicaid […] Read more »
Author Budget Primer Claire Suggs Featured K-12 Education Library Policy Areas Reports GBPI 2014 Primer: Education July 9, 2013 / April 14, 2020 by Claire Suggs The $9.7 billion Georgia is investing in education in 2014 accounts for more than half of all state expenses. Still, Georgia’s investment in education is falling, even as its expectations of what they will accomplish are rising. The education section of the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s Budget Primer explains how the state’s chronic underfunding […] Read more »
Author Fact Sheets Featured Health Justice Library Timothy Sweeney Georgia Veterans Would Gain Health Coverage Through Expansion May 20, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney If Georgia expands Medicaid in 2014, nearly 25,000 uninsured veterans and 7,000 of their spouses could get health coverage. That could mean nearly 45 percent of Georgia’s uninsured veterans and more than one-quarter of their uninsured spouses could get health coverage. Download the fact sheet. Read more »
Author Budget and Taxes Library Reports Wesley Tharpe Tax Revisions Keep Georgia on the Wrong Path May 10, 2013 / January 17, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: Closing the Books on 2013 Tax revisions passed by the Georgia Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Nathan Deal this year will cost an estimated $168 million over five years, draining more scarce resources on top of years of damaging cuts to schools, job training, health care and other […] Read more » State Taxes
