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Dual Enrollment Requires Sustainable Funding to Promote High School and College Success
Overview Dual Enrollment presents an opportunity to better prepare students for success in both high school and college. …
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.
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 …
Fairer Funding, Fairer Schools
Adjusting the School Funding Formula for a More Equitable Learning Environment A new report from the Education Law …
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 …
Teachers Retirement System of Georgia Explained
State lawmakers introduced several bills in the 2019 legislative session that could significantly alter the Teachers Retirement System …
How Does Georgia Fund Schools?
The video above is narrated by Dr. Stephen Owens, GBPI Senior Policy Analyst. Below is a full transcript. …
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 …
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 …
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. …
Bills Set Stage to Divert Hundreds of Millions of Dollars From Public to Private Schools
March 28, 2019 Update – The original voucher expansion bill, SB 173, failed on the Senate floor before Crossover …
Georgia Lawmakers Should Renew Their Commitment to Student Transportation
In House Bill 31, the state of Georgia continues a pattern of shortchanging pupil transportation that triggers safety …
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