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Sine Die 2018: Education Gets its Due
A fully funded K-12 education formula. Hasty and sweeping tax changes. Georgia’s first foray into need-based financial aid ...
Legislative budget vote includes full funding for Georgia schools
Lawmakers will vote Thursday on Gov. Nathan Deal’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2019. The governor surprised a ...
Legislative Watch Day 39: State Budget, Education Vouchers and More
As the 2018 General Assembly nears the closing gavel, Georgia lawmakers are trying to find a path to ...
Planned Federal Food Assistance Changes a Threat to Georgians, Grocers
The White House proposed a 2019 budget last month that makes steep cuts to one of the strongest ...
Legislation Proposes Steps to Improve Rural Health Care, Omits Major Coverage Solution
State lawmakers introduced several bills this year aiming to improve access to health care in rural Georgia. Six ...
All Georgians Stand to Lose from Immigrant Crackdown Measure
Georgia lawmakers are considering a bill that poses serious risk to the state’s immigrant community and could harm ...
Bill Proposes Grant for Working Georgia College Students with Financial Need
Bill Analysis: Senate Bill 405 (LC 21 5954 S, AM 21 3929) Georgia needs more people with higher ...
Lawmakers Push to Shift Public Money to Private Schools
Georgia lawmakers seem determined to subsidize private schools with public dollars. Witness several bills in the 2018 General ...
Crossover Day Delivers Mixed Bag for Education, Tax Policy
Legislation to allow the use of state money for private schools stalled on Crossover Day 2018, while a ...
Time for Lawmakers to Choose Students Over Tax Cuts
Lawmakers are racing to pass a risky tax package that drains $1.4 billion a year from the state ...
Invest in College Students Like They Invest in Themselves
Lizzie Mathias balances a full-time course load at Middle Georgia State University’s campus in Macon, works about 40 ...
Support Students by Removing HOPE Seven-Year Time Limit
– Update on Feb. 26: House Bill 218 proposes to extend the time that students have to use the ...
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