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.
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.
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
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
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
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
An updated version of this report is available Georgia’s effort to overhaul the formula it uses to split about $8.5 billion per year in state money among its 180 school districts is gaining momentum despite important omissions. A governor-appointed commission
Where does the money for Georgia’s $21.8 billion budget come from this year? How does the new transportation tax work? Is Georgia finally funding K-12 education at the level called for in its own formula? GBPI’s “Georgia Budget Primer 2016”
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
The Education Reform Commission established by Gov. Nathan Deal spent a lot of time talking about money in recent months. Its members considered an alternative approach to distributing state funds that gives districts greater flexibility in using those dollars. They
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