GBPI In The News Georgia’s education funding formula: It’s complicated February 13, 2023 / May 1, 2023 by Anthony Hill The General Assembly is unlikely to change Georgia’s education funding formula this session, legislators have told Capitol Beat. A state Senate study committee chaired by Sen. Mike Dugan, R-Carrollton, met several times last fall to consider changes to the state’s complicated education funding method, which was established in 1985. The formula provides funds to local […] Read more » education budget k-12 education QBE
K-12 Education Reports Stephen Owens Overview: Georgia’s 2021 Fiscal Year Budget for K-12 Education January 28, 2020 / October 13, 2026 by Stephen Owens Download PDF Governor Kemp’s budget proposal for fiscal year (FY) 2021 provides Georgia’s public schools $10.9 billion, a $272 million increase above current funding. The largest single addition provides funding for pay raises for teachers and some non-certified school personnel that make less than $40,000 per year. Costs tied to student enrollment growth make up the bulk of the remaining additional dollars. Although Georgia’s mechanism for financing public […] Read more » Budget Education K-12 QBE Quality Basic Education
K-12 Education Reports Stephen Owens State of Education Funding in Georgia (2020) January 9, 2020 / October 13, 2026 by Stephen Owens Download PDF Georgia’s public schools are funded through a law passed in 1985 called the Quality Basic Education Act, or QBE. This report offers an assessment of the state of education funding in Georgia by analyzing how it compares to prior years and other states and exploring what areas are due for review or revision. […] Read more » Education K-12 QBE Quality Basic Education
Blog K-12 Education Stephen Owens How Does Georgia Fund Schools? May 23, 2019 / May 26, 2020 by Stephen Owens | 2 Comments on How Does Georgia Fund Schools? The video above is narrated by Dr. Stephen Owens, GBPI Senior Policy Analyst. Below is a full transcript. The decades-old law that dictates how the state of Georgia disperses money to schools sits at the heart of most education policy discussions in the state. This video will answer the question, “How does Georgia Fund Schools?” […] Read more » Education K-12 QBE Quality Basic Education school funding 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
