Reports
Georgia K-12 Education Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2019
Claire Suggs
July 1, 2018
Education Funding in Georgia: Financial Challenges for Schools Remain Lawmakers reached a critical benchmark with the 2019 budget: ...
Georgia Health Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2019
Laura Harker
July 1, 2018
Georgia Health Care Budget Overview Health care services are primarily delivered through three state agencies, the departments of ...
Georgia Human Services Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2019
Alex Camardelle
July 1, 2018
Human Services Budget Overview Georgia’s Department of Human Services oversees state spending to protect children and the elderly ...
Georgia Higher Education Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2019
Jennifer Lee
July 1, 2018
Higher Education Budget Overview The higher education budget in Georgia is $2.4 billion for the university system and ...
Georgia State Budget Overview for Fiscal Year 2019
Wesley Tharpe
June 29, 2018
Introduction Georgia plans to spend $26.2 billion in state funds raised through taxes and fees for the 2019 ...
Georgia Budget Primer 2019
Taifa Smith Butler
June 26, 2018
Click on the links below to learn about different policy areas of the 2019 budget. State Budget K-12 ...
Food Assistance for 1.7 million Georgians at Risk in Federal Proposals
Alex Camardelle
May 16, 2018
Lawmakers in Congress and the Trump administration are staging a multi-prong assault on the nation’s primary tool for ...
Lawmakers Slash Income Taxes, Approve Miscellaneous Tax Changes
Wesley Tharpe
May 15, 2018
Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: Session Recap 2018 Georgia legislators and Gov. Nathan Deal approved 11 tax measures ...
Shifting Public Funds to Private Schools: High Costs, Poor Track Record
Claire Suggs
April 26, 2018
Georgia lawmakers created multiple pathways to shift public funds to private schools in recent years. These schemes risk ...
Valuable Progress, More Work Ahead for Public School Funding
Claire Suggs
April 18, 2018
Georgia lawmakers reached a critical milestone during the 2018 legislative session: They ended 16 years of shortchanging the ...
Lawmakers Approve Major Tax Plan, Still Reviewing Several Tax Breaks
Wesley Tharpe
March 14, 2018
Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: Post Crossover Day 2018 A range of tax bills are still in the ...
Private School Savings Accounts Lack Oversight, Could Prove Costly
Claire Suggs
February 22, 2018
Bill Analysis: House Bill 482 (LC 33 7253S) Georgia lawmakers are considering a plan to allow parents to ...