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 of education makes it hard for it to achieve its workforce development goals. Download the report.

GBPI Comment to Improve Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States
By notice issued on 7/2/25, the Department of Labor (DOL, henceforth “the Department”) has published