GBPI In The News Press State set to roll out more money to help school districts pay to bus students to school January 12, 2024 / January 16, 2024 by Lauren Frazier Every weekday morning and afternoon, a fleet of yellow buses rolls out all over the state, picking up and dropping off Georgia students. Keeping all those wheels turning isn’t cheap – Georgia’s school districts combined spend more than $1.2 billion to safely shuttle kids between school and home – and costs are only getting higher […] Read more » 2024 legislative session bonuses Budget & Taxes budget legislation Education fiscal management Fiscal Policy fiscal year 2024 GBPI Georgia K-12 K-12 schools pay raises School Buses school funding
GBPI In The News Press Struggling child care providers ask lawmakers to tap lottery funds October 13, 2023 / October 18, 2023 by Lauren Frazier The Gist ATLANTA — Child care providers and child advocates urged legislators Wednesday to invest more state funds in pre-K and early care programs at the meeting of the House Working Group on Early Childhood Education. Why It Matters According to a survey of 684 child care providers in Georgia conducted by Quality Care for Children in September, 44% […] Read more » early care programs early childhood education funding GBPI Georgia lottery reserves Pre-K school funding
GBPI In The News Press Georgia representatives spotlight underfunding of public HBCUs October 12, 2023 / October 18, 2023 by Lauren Frazier GEORGIA – Three members of the Georgia House of Representatives met earlier this month to address the underfunding of Georgia’s public historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The overall disparity between predominantly Black and predominantly white land-grant universities’ funding totals over $12 billion. Though the land-grant mandate for state governments is meant to match funding […] Read more » Ashley Young funding GBPI Georgia HBCUs Higher Education school funding
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
