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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 ...
Three Ways Georgia Lawmakers Can Make College More Affordable in 2020
Soon more than 60 percent of Georgia jobs will require some postsecondary education, but this goal is out ...
GBPI 2020 Policy Priorities
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
Today marks the last day of 2019 and the end of the decade and GBPI’s 15th anniversary year. ...
Jobs Day in Georgia: Wages Headed Nowhere Fast
Today is State Jobs Day, the time of the month when the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases new insights ...
A Two-Generation Approach: Solutions to Support Student Parents and Their Children
written by Alex Camardelle, Senior Policy Analyst and Jennifer Lee, Policy Analyst Overview A parent’s educational level can ...
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