State agencies are being told to slash their budgets by nearly $3.6 billion as legislators seek ways to mitigate the devastation to Georgia’s economy caused by the coronavirus pandemic that could include layoffs and furloughs.
A memo from Gov. Brian Kemp’s budget director and chairs of the House and Senate Appropriation Committees went out May 1 to all state agencies including the Department of Education telling them to cut their fiscal year 2021 budget plans by 14%. The revised budgets are due by May 20.
