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Overview: Georgia’s 2021 Fiscal Year Budget for Human Services
Gov. Brian Kemp’s proposed $800 million Department of Human Services budget for the 2021 fiscal year includes cuts ...
Overview: Georgia’s 2021 Fiscal Year Budget for Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
Gov. Kemp’s budget proposal for the 2021 fiscal year cuts state general funds for the Department of Behavioral ...
Repeal Georgia’s Cap on Kids
In order for every child to thrive, they must grow up in a healthy and financially stable home. ...
Overview: Georgia’s 2021 Fiscal Year Budget for Higher Education
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
Our state budget is a clear reflection of Georgia’s priorities. Funding critical programs across the areas of health ...
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