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
GBPI In The News Poll finds support for more school spending if money well spent November 11, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin A new poll by a group sympathetic to Gov. Nathan Deal’s educational overhaul finds that there is support among Georgia voters to spend more on education but that most want to see more efficiency and effectiveness first. Read more. Read more » Education education-reform-commission K-12 QBE schools
GBPI In The News Proposed funding formual said to “cement in” smaller school payments November 5, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin The funding overhaul under discussion by Gov. Nathan Deal’s education reform panel would shortchange metro Atlanta school districts by tens of millions of dollars. Read more. Read more » Education education-funding K-12 schools
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
John McCosh K-12 Education Public Education Austerity Cuts Persist in New State Spending Plan October 30, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by John McCosh | 3 Comments on Public Education Austerity Cuts Persist in New State Spending Plan Georgia is underfunding its K-12 programs to the tune of about $660 million this school year, according to the state’s own formula. Plans emerging from the governor’s Education Reform Commission threaten to lock in most of the cuts for the long term. Ongoing state funding shortfalls flagged by GBPI’s education expert Claire Suggs are among […] Read more » Education education budget cuts
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
Claire Suggs K-12 Education Planned Financial Support for Low-Income Students in a Slump October 7, 2015 / January 17, 2020 by Claire Suggs Gov. Nathan Deal’s Education Reform Commission members agree the state should send extra dollars to school districts to help them better meet the needs of low-income students but “extra” now means much less than it once did. The commission is developing a new formula to distribute state funds to public schools. It considered allotting an […] Read more » Education Education Reform
GBPI In The News Richardson: Sounding the alarm October 3, 2015 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin For the sake of discussion, this column will assume a few things as given: There are higher numbers of children in poverty in our public schools than ever before. More on that later and the data to prove it. Read more. Read more » Education education-funding K-12 schools
