Blog Higher Education Jennifer Lee Bill Proposes Grant for Working Georgia College Students with Financial Need March 7, 2018 / January 14, 2020 by Jennifer Lee Bill Analysis: Senate Bill 405 (LC 21 5954 S, AM 21 3929) Georgia needs more people with higher education to meet workforce needs. Georgia can better leverage its talent and its strong colleges and universities by knocking down financial barriers to student success and making common-sense investments in financial aid. The Georgia Senate recently passed […] Read more » college college-tuition Financial Aid Higher Education HOPE Scholarship Need-based Financial Aid SB 405 Technical College System of Georgia University System of Georgia
Blog Budget and Taxes Higher Education John McCosh K-12 Education Crossover Day Delivers Mixed Bag for Education, Tax Policy March 1, 2018 / January 14, 2020 by John McCosh Legislation to allow the use of state money for private schools stalled on Crossover Day 2018, while a proposal to give students more time to qualify as HOPE scholars also now faces a more convoluted path to passage. Meanwhile, a risky tax cut package designed to reduce Georgia revenues by $1.4 billion once fully phased […] Read more » Budget & Taxes Crossover Day Education Georgia General Assembly HB 482 HB 918 HB 928 Higher Education HOPE Scholarship K-12 Legislature private schools State Taxes
Blog Higher Education Jennifer Lee Invest in College Students Like They Invest in Themselves February 22, 2018 / January 14, 2020 by Jennifer Lee Lizzie Mathias balances a full-time course load at Middle Georgia State University’s campus in Macon, works about 40 miles from there in Cochran. And she is interning at a domestic violence shelter in her hometown of Dublin, about an hour’s drive from the college. She’s served in the Middle Georgia Student Government Association every year, […] Read more » college Education Higher Education HOPE Scholarship need-based aid tuition
GBPI In The News Georgia House committee approves HOPE scholarship eligibility change February 21, 2018 / January 14, 2020 by GBPI Admin A Georgia House of Representatives committee voted unanimously Wednesday in favor of a bill that would extend student eligibility for the HOPE Scholarship from seven to 15 years. The Georgia Budget & Policy Institute has pushed for the change, citing statistics showing less than 20 percent of students at some colleges receive HOPE while the average age […] Read more » Higher Education HOPE Scholarship Jennifer Lee
Blog Higher Education Jennifer Lee Support Students by Removing HOPE Seven-Year Time Limit February 9, 2018 / January 14, 2020 by Jennifer Lee – Update on Feb. 26: House Bill 218 proposes to extend the time that students have to use the HOPE Scholarship from seven to 10 years after high school. – Update on Feb. 20: House Bill 928 proposes to extend the time that students have to use the HOPE Scholarship from seven to 15 years after high […] Read more » college Higher Education HOPE Scholarship tuition University System of Georgia
Higher Education Jennifer Lee K-12 Education Reports Overview: 2019 Fiscal Year Budget for Lottery-Funded Programs February 9, 2018 / January 14, 2020 by Jennifer Lee Gov. Nathan Deal’s proposed 2019 budget includes $70.5 million in added lottery funds, bringing the total for Georgia’s lottery-funded Pre-Kindergarten and HOPE financial aid programs to $1.2 billion. About $834 million is for HOPE and $367 million is for Pre-K. The biggest changes from last year include a $68 million increase for HOPE Scholarships. The […] Read more » Education Higher Education HOPE grants HOPE Scholarship Lottery Zell Miller Scholarship Program
GBPI In The News The meaning of HOPE: Scholarship misses lower-income students February 8, 2018 / January 14, 2020 by GBPI Admin For most University of Georgia students, securing the HOPE or Zell B. Miller scholarships in high school was never a question. According to University System of Georgia data for fall 2015, 98 percent of in-state, first-time freshmen attending UGA received one of these scholarships. Across the state, however, it’s a different story. Read the full […] Read more » Higher Education HOPE Scholarship J
Higher Education Jennifer Lee Reports Overview: 2019 Fiscal Year Budget for Higher Education January 31, 2018 / January 14, 2020 by Jennifer Lee Gov. Nathan Deal’s proposed $2.4 billion budget for the university system and $367 million for technical colleges includes money for enrollment growth and an increase in the employer share of the Teachers’ Retirement System. The proposed 2018 amended budget adds $10 million for graduate medical education and $10.7 million to meet dual enrollment needs. Per-student […] Read more » Budget Education Higher Education Technical College System of Georgia tuition University System of Georgia
Blog Taifa Smith Butler Worker Justice Make a $1 Billion Investment in Georgia’s Youth, Workers, Families and Communities January 29, 2018 / January 14, 2020 by Taifa Smith Butler As published by SaportaReport You’ve no doubt heard many times Georgia is the No. 1 place to do business, but what if the state can also be the top place to settle and raise a family? That is the audacious vision the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute unveiled at its Jan. 25 policy conference under […] Read more » economy Education EITC Georgia Work Credit health Higher Education medicaid Medicaid Expansion People-Powered Prosperity
Blog People Powered Prosperity: A People-First Economic Vision for Georgia January 25, 2018 / February 26, 2021 by Wesley Tharpe Georgia today fails to fully leverage the state’s most powerful economic asset—its own people. The most successful, prosperous states are those that build a broad and inclusive middle class, with ample opportunities for people to work their way into it. When families hold good-paying jobs and have money to spend at local shops and restaurants, […] Read more » Economic Security Education health Higher Education HOPE Scholarship medicaid Safety Net
