Accessible Higher Education
Overview
Georgia Education Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2021
Georgia’s 2021 Education Budget Georgia lawmakers cut $1 billion from the state’s budget for the Department of Education. …
Fast Facts on HOPE – 2020
HOPE At-a-Glance provides a quick and simple reference of the state’s six lottery-funded HOPE programs. HOPE provides grants …
GBPI Writes Senator Perdue About the HEROES Act
GBPI recently wrote the following letter to Senators Perdue and Loeffler asking them to support the HEROES act …
Fast Facts on Student Access Loans
Student Access Loans (SAL), or Low-Interest Loans, are student loans funded by lottery dollars. The program …
Keeping Pre-K Stable Helps Georgia Children and Parents
Key Takeaways Agency budget proposals for lottery-funded programs included no cuts to HOPE and $53 million in cuts …
Raise Revenue to Protect Georgia Families
Dear Governor Kemp and Members of the Georgia General Assembly, Thank you for your work in service of …
Commonsense Solutions Can Mitigate Unprecedented Cuts to Higher Education
Key Takeaways Pending budget cuts to the University System of Georgia have the potential to reverse years of …
State Agency Approves New Dual Enrollment Caps, Grade-Level Restrictions and SAT/ACT Deadlines for HOPE
The Georgia Student Finance Commission (GSFC) Board of Commissioners approved several policy changes to Dual Enrollment, HOPE and …
Students Need to Be Secure to Be Successful
The coronavirus pandemic reveals the fragile financial situations of many Georgia college students. Many Georgia students struggle to …
Federal Relief Not Enough to Meet College Students’ Financial Needs
Since publication of this blog post, the federal Department of Education allocated a second pot of relief dollars …
How the Federal Relief Package Affects Higher Education
Congress passed a $2 trillion relief package that includes provisions covering health care, payments to American families and …
CARES Act to Deliver Booster Shot of Additional Relief to Families, Economy Amid COVID-19 Crisis
Key Takeaways The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) passed by Congress is a $2.2 …
