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Overview: Georgia’s 2021 Fiscal Year Budget for Higher Education
Jennifer Lee
January 29, 2020
Governor Brian Kemp’s proposed 2021 budget allocates $2.58 billion for the Board of Regents and $373 million for ...
Overview: Georgia’s 2021 Fiscal Year Budget for Lottery-Funded Programs
Jennifer Lee
January 29, 2020
Governor Brian Kemp’s proposed 2021 budget includes $1.3 billion for Georgia’s lottery-funded pre-Kindergarten and HOPE financial aid programs. ...
Overview: Georgia’s 2021 Fiscal Year Budget for K-12 Education
Stephen Owens
January 28, 2020
Governor Kemp’s budget proposal for fiscal year (FY) 2021 provides Georgia’s public schools $10.9 billion, a $272 million increase above current funding. The largest single addition provides funding for ...
Overview of Georgia’s 2021 Fiscal Year Budget
Danny Kanso
January 23, 2020
Overview After a stretch of largely uninterrupted growth that saw state revenues climb by an annual average ...
Dual Enrollment Restrictions Designed to Limit Cost Growth
Jennifer Lee
January 20, 2020
Bill Analysis: House Bill 444 (LC 49 0063S) Dual Enrollment acts as a crucial onramp to college for ...
Four Ways to Strengthen Georgia’s State Workforce Plan
Alex Camardelle
January 17, 2020
Georgia’s public workforce system is intended to create pathways to economic opportunity for people facing high barriers to ...
Reject Policies that Make Education Less Fair Across Georgia
Stephen Owens
January 16, 2020
Last fall we published a report exploring the connection between Georgia’s legacy of slavery and Jim Crow and ...
State of Education Funding in Georgia (2020)
Stephen Owens
January 9, 2020
Georgia’s public schools are funded through a law passed in 1985 called the Quality Basic Education Act, or ...
New Poll Shows Georgians Support Strong Budget, Oppose Risky Tax Cuts
Danny Kanso
January 8, 2020
Our state budget is a clear reflection of Georgia’s priorities. Funding critical programs across the areas of health ...
Three Ways Georgia Lawmakers Can Make College More Affordable in 2020
Jennifer Lee
January 7, 2020
Soon more than 60 percent of Georgia jobs will require some postsecondary education, but this goal is out ...
GBPI 2020 Policy Priorities
Jennifer Owens
January 7, 2020
The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s goal is to shine a light on people-first policies that help all ...
Heading into a New Decade with Gratitude and Intention
Taifa Smith Butler
December 31, 2019
Today marks the last day of 2019 and the end of the decade and GBPI’s 15th anniversary year. ...
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