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Education in Georgia’s Black Belt: Policy Solutions to Help Overcome a History of Exclusion
Georgia lawmakers must address the legacy of exclusion that students in the Black Belt region face.
K-12 Education
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Georgia’s K-12 Equalization Grants Explained
The state of Georgia has a constitutional obligation to provide every child with an “adequate public education.”[1] Over the past…
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Fairer Funding, Fairer Schools
Adjusting the School Funding Formula for a More Equitable Learning Environment A new report from the Education Law Center (ELC),…
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Georgia Education Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2020
You can download and share all the images and charts in the Education Primer by clicking here. This section begins…
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Teachers Retirement System of Georgia Explained
State lawmakers introduced several bills in the 2019 legislative session that could significantly alter the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia…
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How Does Georgia Fund Schools?
The video above is narrated by Dr. Stephen Owens, GBPI Senior Policy Analyst. Below is a full transcript. The decades-old…
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A Half-Billion Steps in the Right Direction for Public Schools
In the 2019 legislative session Georgia lawmakers committed more than half a billion dollars to increase pay for teachers from…
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Georgia’s FY 2020 Budget: Majority of New Spending Dedicated to $530 Million Teacher Pay Raise
Georgia lawmakers gave final passage to the state’s $27.5 billion budget for the 2020 fiscal year, beginning July 1, 2019.…
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Sine Die 2019: Progress and Missed Opportunities for a People-First Agenda
The first legislative session under Gov. Brian Kemp and Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan ended on Tuesday, April 2. Because Georgia’s…
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