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Lawmakers Push to Shift Public Money to Private Schools
Georgia lawmakers seem determined to subsidize private schools with public dollars. Witness several bills in the 2018 General ...
Crossover Day Delivers Mixed Bag for Education, Tax Policy
Legislation to allow the use of state money for private schools stalled on Crossover Day 2018, while a ...
Time for Lawmakers to Choose Students Over Tax Cuts
Lawmakers are racing to pass a risky tax package that drains $1.4 billion a year from the state ...
Private School Savings Accounts Lack Oversight, Could Prove Costly
Bill Analysis: House Bill 482 (LC 33 7253S) Georgia lawmakers are considering a plan to allow parents to ...
Invest in College Students Like They Invest in Themselves
Lizzie Mathias balances a full-time course load at Middle Georgia State University’s campus in Macon, works about 40 ...
Lawmakers Might Come to Regret Georgia’s Risky Tax Plan
Bill Analysis: House Bill 918 Substitute (LC 34 5383-ECS); Feb. 22, 2018 Georgia leaders are now rushing a ...
Governor’s Tax Plan Carries $1 Billion Price
– GBPI press statement issued Feb. 20 in response to governor’s revised tax cut plan introduced earlier that ...
Overview: 2019 Fiscal Year Budget for Human Services
Foster Care Services Get Increases for Foster Parents, Child Placement Agencies Gov. Nathan Deal’s proposed $788 million Department ...
Overview: 2019 Fiscal Year Budget for Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
Gov. Nathan Deal’s budget proposal for the 2019 fiscal year adds $50.6 million more than last year’s budget ...
Shrinking State Funds Trigger Student Bus Safety Concerns
Shrinking state funding for student transportation and rising costs are making it more difficult for school districts across ...
Support Students by Removing HOPE Seven-Year Time Limit
– Update on Feb. 26: House Bill 218 proposes to extend the time that students have to use the ...
Overview: 2019 Fiscal Year Budget for Lottery-Funded Programs
Gov. Nathan Deal’s proposed 2019 budget includes $70.5 million in added lottery funds, bringing the total for Georgia’s ...
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