Reports
Lawmakers Might Come to Regret Georgia’s Risky Tax Plan
Wesley Tharpe
February 22, 2018
Bill Analysis: House Bill 918 Substitute (LC 34 5383-ECS); Feb. 22, 2018 Georgia leaders are now rushing a ...
Overview: 2019 Fiscal Year Budget for Human Services
Taifa Smith Butler
February 13, 2018
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
Laura Harker
February 13, 2018
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
Claire Suggs
February 12, 2018
Shrinking state funding for student transportation and rising costs are making it more difficult for school districts across ...
Overview: 2019 Fiscal Year Budget for Lottery-Funded Programs
Jennifer Lee
February 9, 2018
Gov. Nathan Deal’s proposed 2019 budget includes $70.5 million in added lottery funds, bringing the total for Georgia’s ...
Overview: 2019 Fiscal Year Budget for the Department of Community Health
Laura Harker
February 6, 2018
Gov. Nathan Deal proposes a 2019 budget of $2.79 billion in state general funds for the Department of ...
Overview: 2019 Fiscal Year Budget for K-12 Education
Claire Suggs
February 5, 2018
Gov. Nathan Deal’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2019 provides nearly $9.8 billion to educate Georgia’s 1.7 million ...
Overview: 2019 Fiscal Year Budget for Higher Education
Jennifer Lee
January 31, 2018
Gov. Nathan Deal’s proposed $2.4 billion budget for the university system and $367 million for technical colleges includes ...
Overview of Georgia’s 2019 Fiscal Year Budget
Taifa Smith Butler
January 24, 2018
The $26 billion state budget proposed by Gov. Nathan Deal for the 2019 fiscal year starting July 1, ...
People-Powered Prosperity: Endnotes and Acknowledgements
Wesley Tharpe
January 23, 2018
Acknowledgements The Georgia Budget & Policy Institute thanks the many national organizations whose guidance, support and data were ...
Boost Georgia’s Workforce with Affordable Child Care for Student Parents
Jennifer Lee
January 10, 2018
Georgia can help produce enough college graduates to meet employer demand and improve family incomes by increasing child ...
Strengthen Georgia’s Workforce by Making College Affordable for All
Jennifer Lee
January 4, 2018
Six Proposals to Build on HOPE’s Foundation Making a college degree affordable for more Georgians is one of ...