Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Daniel Kanso, PhD Reports Georgia Budget Trends Primer for State Fiscal Year 2025 August 8, 2024 / August 8, 2024 by Daniel Kanso, PhD The 20-Year View Inefficient tax breaks cost the state money that should be invested in its people. Georgia has a history of enacting new corporate tax exemptions and credits each year, and once in the tax code, exemptions and credits have typically remained there without further evaluation. Since 2004, GBPI has expressed concerns about this […] Read more » budget disregards Education fiscal year 2024 Georgia budget trends healthcare income tax shift revenue reserves spending State Budget tax breaks
Ashley Young Budget Primer David Schaefer Education Higher Education Ife Finch Floyd K-12 Education Reports Georgia Education Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2025 August 8, 2024 / August 8, 2024 by Ashley Young This section is co-authored by Vice President of Research and Policy, David Schaefer, Director of Economic Justice Ife Finch Floyd and Senior Education Analyst Ashley Young. The 20-Year View In 2004, Georgia’s per capita spending on elementary, secondary education and higher education combined was 32nd in the nation; in 2021, it was 42nd. For 20 […] Read more » Budget child care services Education Georgia higher ed k-12 education K-12 schools lottery reserves Pre-K pre-K funding private school vouchers tcsg universities usg
Blog Budget and Taxes Criminal Legal System Reform Health Justice Higher Education K-12 Education People Powered Prosperity Staci Fox Worker Justice Sine Die 2024 March 29, 2024 / April 11, 2024 by Staci Fox Introduction Staci Fox, President and CEO When the 2024 Legislative Session began on January 8th, Georgia was sitting on $10.9 billion in undesignated, unspent public funds and a $5.4 billion Revenue Shortfall Reserve (RSR). The possibilities to make big investments on behalf of all Georgians were endless. Late last year, GBPI pondered Georgia’s $16 Billion […] Read more » Budget Criminal Legal Systems Economic Justice Education health-care Sine Die tax
Blog Budget and Taxes Criminal Legal System Reform Health Justice Higher Education Hillary Dong K-12 Education People Powered Prosperity Worker Justice Crossover Day 2024: Large Surplus Remains; Ed Legislation Tips Positively; Property Tax and Immigration Policy Reverse Progress February 29, 2024 / March 4, 2024 by Hillary Dong Need help understanding these bills? A bill glossary is at the bottom of this page. You can also view our bill tracker here. Yesterday was Crossover Day, the day by which a bill must pass out of its originating legislative chamber to be considered by the other chamber before the end of Georgia’s Legislative Session. […] Read more » Budget Criminal Legal Systems Crossover Day Economic Justice Education health-care tax
GBPI In The News Press State set to roll out more money to help school districts pay to bus students to school January 12, 2024 / January 16, 2024 by Lauren Frazier Every weekday morning and afternoon, a fleet of yellow buses rolls out all over the state, picking up and dropping off Georgia students. Keeping all those wheels turning isn’t cheap – Georgia’s school districts combined spend more than $1.2 billion to safely shuttle kids between school and home – and costs are only getting higher […] Read more » 2024 legislative session bonuses Budget & Taxes budget legislation Education fiscal management Fiscal Policy fiscal year 2024 GBPI Georgia K-12 K-12 schools pay raises School Buses school funding
GBPI In The News Press Kemp proposes pay hikes for 300,000 Georgia teachers, state employees January 11, 2024 / January 16, 2024 by Lauren Frazier Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday made it clear the state won’t be hitting the brakes on its recent record spending, promising 4% raises for many state workers, more money for law enforcement, education and mental health programs, and $500 million to prop up the employees pension system. Sitting on $16 billion in “rainy day” and undesignated […] Read more » bonuses Budget & Taxes budget legislation Education fiscal management Fiscal Policy fiscal year 2024 GBPI Georgia pay raises
Budget and Taxes Economic Justice Press Releases & Statements PRESS RELEASE: Schools Left with the Bill: Results of GBPI 2023 School District Survey October 16, 2023 / October 19, 2023 by Lauren Frazier ATLANTA, GA – The Georgia Budget & Policy Institute (GBPI), a leading independent research and advocacy organization, has unveiled its highly anticipated 2023 School District Survey Report, shedding light on the state of education funding and its impact on Georgia’s public school districts. Every year, GBPI reaches out to public school superintendents across the state to […] Read more » Budget Recommendations Education Financial Investment Fiscal Analysis Fiscal Policy Georgia Finances georgia-budget Revenue And Reserves School Buses State Budget State Government Surplus Funds Tax Revenue Drop Tax Revenues Undesignated Reserves
GBPI In The News School bus driver shortage worsens as growing economy drives workers elsewhere July 19, 2023 / July 31, 2023 by Anthony Hill Less than three weeks before the 2023 school year starts, the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System driver shortage is worse than ever. As of July 12, the district has only 154 confirmed drivers. Last year they had 222, while in 2019, 328 drivers worked for the schools, according to a transportation update presented to the […] Read more » bus driver bus driver shortage Education tax and budget
GBPI In The News Why Red States Are Blocking New School Voucher Programs July 3, 2023 / July 12, 2023 by Anthony Hill Idaho, Virginia, Texas, Kentucky, and Georgia. What do the latter red and purple states have in common? All but one of them are governed by very conservative Republican governors. All but two voted for Trump by solid margins in 2020, and all of them have Republican majorities in at least one of their legislative chambers. […] Read more » Education opportunity weight school vouchers tax and budget
Ashley Young Budget Primer Education Higher Education Ife Finch Floyd K-12 Education Reports Stephen Owens Georgia Education Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2024 June 27, 2023 / June 26, 2023 by Stephen Owens This section is co-authored by Director of Education Dr. Stephen Owens, Director of Economic Justice Ife Finch Floyd and Education Analyst Ashley Young. Georgia’s 2024 Education Budget The state budget for K-12 public schools is $11.9 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2024, an increase of $1.2 billion from FY 2023. Seventy-two percent of the additional […] Read more » Budget child care services Education Georgia higher ed k-12 education K-12 schools lottery reserves Pre-K pre-K funding private school vouchers tcsg universities usg
