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Valuable Progress, More Work Ahead for Public School Funding
Georgia lawmakers reached a critical milestone during the 2018 legislative session: They ended 16 years of shortchanging the ...
Lawmakers Pass Need-Based Aid Bill, What’s Next?
On the last day of Georgia’s 2018 legislative session, the Senate passed a bill that aims to help ...
Proposed Rule on Food Assistance Would Limit State Flexibility
The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute is submitting objections this week to a proposed federal rule change that ...
Sine Die 2018: Education Gets its Due
A fully funded K-12 education formula. Hasty and sweeping tax changes. Georgia’s first foray into need-based financial aid ...
Legislative Watch Day 39: State Budget, Education Vouchers and More
As the 2018 General Assembly nears the closing gavel, Georgia lawmakers are trying to find a path to ...
Planned Federal Food Assistance Changes a Threat to Georgians, Grocers
The White House proposed a 2019 budget last month that makes steep cuts to one of the strongest ...
Lawmakers Approve Major Tax Plan, Still Reviewing Several Tax Breaks
Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: Post Crossover Day 2018 A range of tax bills are still in the ...
Legislation Proposes Steps to Improve Rural Health Care, Omits Major Coverage Solution
State lawmakers introduced several bills this year aiming to improve access to health care in rural Georgia. Six ...
All Georgians Stand to Lose from Immigrant Crackdown Measure
Georgia lawmakers are considering a bill that poses serious risk to the state’s immigrant community and could harm ...
Bill Proposes Grant for Working Georgia College Students with Financial Need
Bill Analysis: Senate Bill 405 (LC 21 5954 S, AM 21 3929) Georgia needs more people with higher ...
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 ...
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