Budget and Taxes K-12 Education Reports Stephen Owens Overview: 2022 Fiscal Year Budget for K-12 Education January 27, 2021 / October 13, 2026 by Stephen Owens Download PDF Gov. Kemp’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 provides Georgia’s public schools $10.2 billion, a $573 million increase above current funding. This addition would partially restore cuts from the FY 2021 budget, with the Quality Basic Education funding formula underfunded by $393 million moving forward. The proposal includes a reduction […] Read more » Budget Cuts K-12 k-12 education
Bill Analysis K-12 Education People Powered Prosperity Stephen Owens Hundreds of Millions of Dollars at Stake for a Failed Policy | Bill Analysis: House Bill 60 (LC 49 0301) January 26, 2021 / October 13, 2026 by Stephen Owens Download PDF Update on Feb. 25, 2021: A new substitute for House Bill 60 (LC 49 0460S) lowers the cap on students participating to half of the original estimate, which would put the cost to the state at $224 million annually once fully implemented. Key Takeaways House Bill 60 would cost the state […] Read more » Education Savings Account K-12 k-12 education vouchers
GBPI In The News Georgia’s Kindergarten Enrollment Falls, Signaling Possible Drop In School Funding November 29, 2020 / December 21, 2020 by Alex Welch New state data show kindergarten enrollment in Georgia’s public schools has dropped 11% this fall. That means public schools could lose more than $100 million in state funding next year. Stephen Owens is a senior policy analyst at the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute. He says a steep drop in kindergarten enrollment can affect school budgets […] Read more » K-12
Fact Sheets K-12 Education Stephen Owens Fact Sheet: English for Speakers of Other Languages November 19, 2020 / February 4, 2021 by Stephen Owens Thank you to Latin American Association & Center for Pan Asian Community Services for translation services Enrollment Georgia educates the eighth-highest number of ELs in the nation (FY 2017).[1] 108,752 total students in ESOL in Georgia (FY 2019).[2] EL enrollment in ESOL grew by 61 percent FY 2011 to 2019.[3] Spanish is the […] Read more » Education ESOL K-12
K-12 Education Reports Stephen Owens English Learners Deserve More: An Analysis of Georgia’s Education for Speakers of Other Languages November 16, 2020 / February 4, 2021 by Stephen Owens Thank you to Latin American Association & Center for Pan Asian Community Services for translation services Stephanie Angel contributed to the Legislative History and Legal Obligations sections of this report. Introduction The English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) program assists students who are learning English in school as an additional language, known […] Read more » Education ESOL K-12
Blog Budget and Taxes People Powered Prosperity New Poll Shows Georgians Support People-First Policies October 5, 2020 / January 29, 2021 by Alex Welch GBPI launched People-Powered Prosperity (PPP) in 2018 with a foundational research report that laid out policies Georgia lawmakers could implement to help everyone across the state thrive, as well as how the state could responsibly pay for programs and services that fully support Georgians. The report focused on four key concepts: educated youth, a strong […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes health Higher Education K-12 People-Powered Prosperity tax breaks
Blog K-12 Education Stephen Owens Difficult Choices Made Worse by Budget Cuts: Results from GBPI’s 2020 School District Survey August 31, 2020 / October 13, 2026 by Stephen Owens Download PDF Each year, the Georgia Budget & Policy Institute sends a survey to every public school superintendent in Georgia to gather information on the current state of education, what improvements need to be made and how lawmakers can address the problems Georgia schools face. This year, school superintendents or other central office […] Read more » COVID-19 Education K-12
Budget Primer Higher Education Jennifer Lee K-12 Education Stephen Owens Georgia Education Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2021 August 10, 2020 / August 11, 2020 by Jennifer Lee Georgia’s 2021 Education Budget Georgia lawmakers cut $1 billion from the state’s budget for the Department of Education. The bulk of these cuts, totaling $950 million, will be passed on to 181 local K-12 school systems. State support for private school vouchers through tax credits and direct state funding face no budget cuts. Public school […] Read more » Budget Budget Cuts Education Higher Education HOPE Scholarship K-12
GBPI In The News Georgia Lottery transfers $1.23B for education in fiscal year 2020 July 16, 2020 / July 17, 2020 by Alex Welch The Georgia Lottery collected $30 million more for education in fiscal year 2020 than the previous fiscal year despite the economic downturn caused by the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the Georgia Lottery Act for Education, net proceeds from the Georgia Lottery help support educational programs in the state. […] A little less than […] Read more » Budget COVID-19 Higher Education K-12 Lottery revenue
GBPI In The News Georgia parents pushed to make IRL/online school choice soon July 8, 2020 / July 17, 2020 by Caitlin Highland School districts around Georgia are announcing plans to reopen in a few weeks and many parents are agonizing over a choice between sending their children into close-quarters in-person classes as COVID-19 cases continue to rise, or — if their work schedule allows — keeping them at home to study online, potentially slowing their academic and […] Read more » Budget Budget Cuts COVID-19 federal funds K-12 local and state funds
