Blog Claire Suggs K-12 Education State Education Cuts Still Linger for School Districts January 27, 2016 / January 15, 2020 by Claire Suggs | 1 Comment on State Education Cuts Still Linger for School Districts The $8.92 billion for Georgia’s 180 public school districts in Gov. Nathan Deal’s 2017 budget proposal represents a $415.9 million increase above the 2016 budget. The good news is the proposal reduces the austerity cut in state K-12 funding imposed on school districts by $300 million. The not as good news is that still leaves […] Read more » Claire Suggs Education FY2017 Gov. Nathan Deal K-12
GBPI In The News Legislature could replace 30-year-old school funding formula January 12, 2016 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin Georgia has funded its public schools the same way for 30 years. Some educators and lawmakers are complaining the formula the state uses is old and out-of-date. Read more. Read more » Claire Suggs Education K-12 Legislature
Claire Suggs K-12 Education Long-Awaited State K-12 Funding Overhaul Underachieves December 10, 2015 / January 16, 2020 by Claire Suggs Georgia’s students are working hard to reach standards higher than those set for any previous generation. Meanwhile, the state is not ensuring they have the resources needed to reach those heights. Gov. Nathan Deal’s Education Reform Commission approved a proposed new formula to fund public schools at its November meeting that lacks an assessment of […] Read more » Claire Suggs Education K-12
GBPI In The News Teacher pay, school funding set for robust debate November 27, 2015 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin The next chapter in school funding and teacher pay will open at the state Capitol in January, when Gov. Nathan Deal and lawmakers decide what to do with a report that recommends controversial changes to education policy. Read more. Read more » Claire Suggs Education education-reform-commission K-12 schools
Blog Claire Suggs K-12 Education Education Reform Commission Threatens to Cement in $421 Million Cut November 4, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by Claire Suggs | 5 Comments on Education Reform Commission Threatens to Cement in $421 Million Cut Hover your mouse over the map to view information for each school district. See how we calculated these numbers by downloading this spreadsheet. Gov. Nathan Deal’s Education Reform Commission is poised to recommend a new school funding formula that threatens to make permanent deep cuts to the existing funding formula and grant programs. The General Assembly […] Read more » Claire Suggs education budget cuts K-12
Claire Suggs K-12 Education Reports Funding Committee Comes up Short November 4, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by Claire Suggs | 1 Comment on Funding Committee Comes up Short A new school funding formula Gov. Nathan Deal’s Education Reform Commission is developing threatens to lock in deep cuts made under the existing formula if it becomes law. Most school districts get less money under the proposed formula this school year than if the General Assembly provided the full amount calculated by the existing one. […] Read more » Claire Suggs Education K-12
K-12 Education Reports School Districts Get Growing Tab for Student Transportation October 27, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by Claire Suggs Years of deep cuts in state student transportation funding saddle school districts with more of the cost to bus students to and from school safely. These ongoing cuts could be made permanent if Georgia lawmakers adopt a proposal for a new formula to distribute state money to districts. Georgia requires its 180 districts to provide […] Read more » Claire Suggs Education
Blog Claire Suggs K-12 Education Georgia Shifts Cost to Bus Schoolchildren to Local Districts October 27, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by Claire Suggs | 1 Comment on Georgia Shifts Cost to Bus Schoolchildren to Local Districts Every day across Georgia school buses carry students safely to and from school. This is an essential service, which the state requires school districts to provide. Transporting students also comes with a hefty price tag yet the state contributes little to its cost. The General Assembly has cut school transportation funding for more than a […] Read more » Claire Suggs Education K-12
GBPI In The News Record lottery profits have some eyeing scholarship bumps October 19, 2015 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin The Georgia Lottery hit jackpot with record profits in the first quarter of the state fiscal year, and that has advocates hoping for more scholarship dollars. Read more. Read more » casino Claire Suggs HOPE Scholarship
Blog Claire Suggs Teacher Compensation a Contentious Issue for Education Reform Commission July 15, 2015 / January 16, 2020 by Claire Suggs | 3 Comments on Teacher Compensation a Contentious Issue for Education Reform Commission Education funding is often a contentious topic, and so it is for the governor’s Education Reform Commission as a key subcommittee reconvenes this week for its July 16 meeting. Commission members disagree whether a new formula for funding public schools should be based on an assessment of cost, as I described in an earlier blog. […] Read more » Claire Suggs Education K-12
