Reports
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 ...
Fight Substance Abuse, Improve Mental Health Care to Help More Georgians
Laura Harker
December 13, 2017
Improving the prevention and treatment of mental health conditions and substance abuse disorders is critical to ensure the ...
Tackle Poverty’s Effects to Improve School Performance
Claire Suggs
December 4, 2017
Seventy percent of Georgia school district leaders say poverty is the most significant out-of-school issue that limits student ...
A Bottom-Up Tax Cut to Build Georgia’s Middle Class
Wesley Tharpe
November 3, 2017
A Georgia Work Credit would give a bottom-up tax cut to more than a million working families in Georgia, providing lifelong benefits for children and ...
Laying the Foundation: A Wealth-Building Agenda for Georgia Women
Melissa Johnson
October 19, 2017
Why a Wealth-Building Agenda for Georgia Women? Building and growing the wealth of women is a necessary concern ...
Georgia’s Education Cuts a Growing Burden for Low-Income Students
Jennifer Lee
September 27, 2017
Postsecondary education and training are key to long-term financial security, as more Georgia employers want to hire workers ...
Adding Citizens a Powerful Way to Boost Georgia Communities
Wesley Tharpe
September 15, 2017
States and cities nationwide are discovering they can strengthen their local economies and boost tax revenues by encouraging ...


