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Georgia K-12 Education Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2019

Education Funding in Georgia: Financial Challenges for Schools Remain Lawmakers reached a critical benchmark with the 2019 budget: ...
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Georgia Health Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2019

Georgia Health Care Budget Overview Health care services are primarily delivered through three state agencies, the departments of ...
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Georgia Human Services Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2019

Human Services Budget Overview Georgia’s Department of Human Services oversees state spending to protect children and the elderly ...
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Georgia Higher Education Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2019

Higher Education Budget Overview The higher education budget in Georgia is $2.4 billion for the university system and ...
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Georgia State Budget Overview for Fiscal Year 2019

Introduction Georgia plans to spend $26.2 billion in state funds raised through taxes and fees for the 2019 ...
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Supreme Court’s Online Sales Tax Decision Provides Georgia a Welcome Boost

The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a decision this month that puts brick-and-mortar businesses on a more level playing ...
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Georgia Budget Primer 2019

Click on the links below to learn about different policy areas of the 2019 budget. State Budget K-12 ...
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Food Assistance Helps Promote a Healthy Georgia

About 1.7 million Georgians receive help to put meals on the table through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, ...
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Overlooked Colleges Often a Springboard to Middle Class and Beyond

You might be familiar with college rankings, like the well-known list U.S. News and World Report compiles. Each ...
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GBPI’s 2017-2018 Milestones and Highlights

During Georgia’s 2017-2018 legislative cycle and throughout the months between those two sessions, the growing GBPI team improved ...
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Proposed Rule Change Threatens Legal Immigrants, U.S.-Born Children

The Trump administration appears likely to propose a change to longstanding immigration rules that could lead immigrants lawfully ...
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State Child Care Plan Makes Headway for Student Parents, Access Remains Restricted

Georgia officials are considering a plan for child care assistance that proposes improvements that can help families, but ...

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