Budget Primer Health Justice Georgia Health Care Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2022 June 28, 2021 / July 1, 2021 by Laura Harker Georgia’s 2022 Health Care Budget The Departments of Community Health, Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities and Public Health are the three primary agencies focused on the state’s health care and public health systems. Georgia plans to provide $5.6 billion in total state funds for these three agencies in the 2022 budget year, or about 20 […] Read more » health medicaid Medicaid Expansion State Budget
Budget Primer Higher Education K-12 Education Georgia Education Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2022 June 28, 2021 / July 1, 2021 by Stephen Owens This section is co-authored by K-12 Senior Policy Analyst Dr. Stephen Owens and Higher Education Senior Policy Analyst Jennifer Lee Georgia’s 2022 Education Budget The state budget for K-12 public schools is $10.2 billion in FY 2022. In the 2020 General Assembly, state lawmakers passed a budget with $1 billion in cuts to the Department […] Read more » Education Higher Education K-12 State Budget
Blog Budget and Taxes House Appropriations Approves Changes to Fiscal Year 2022 Budget March 4, 2021 / March 4, 2021 by Alex Welch This morning, the House Committee on Appropriations approved changes to House Bill 81, the proposal for Georgia’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 budget, which will take effect on July 1. This proposal now moves to the full House floor for a vote. Gov. Kemp’s initial budget proposal included $1.2 billion in continued budget cuts, following the […] Read more » Budget Budget Cuts Department of Human Services Education health State Budget
Budget and Taxes Daniel Kanso, PhD Reports Overview of Georgia’s 2022 Fiscal Year Budget January 21, 2021 / October 13, 2026 by Daniel Kanso, PhD Download PDF Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which has plunged Georgia’s economy into recession and driven many of the state’s thinly staffed agencies to the brink, Gov. Brian P. Kemp’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 maintains $697 million in cuts to education, $283 million in cuts to health agencies and largely preserves […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts State Budget
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Daniel Kanso, PhD Georgia Revenue Primer for State Fiscal Year 2021 August 10, 2020 / August 10, 2020 by Daniel Kanso, PhD Budget Basics Georgia’s 2021 fiscal year runs July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021. The total budget available to the state is $48.2 billion. That includes $25.9 billion in state funding, $15.1 billion in federal funding and $7.1 billion in agency funds. Prior to the Great Recession, in Fiscal Year (FY) 2008, the state of […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Primer State Budget
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Daniel Kanso, PhD Georgia Budget Trends Primer for State Fiscal Year 2021 August 10, 2020 / August 10, 2020 by Daniel Kanso, PhD The $25.9 billion state budget signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp for the 2021 fiscal year starting July 1, 2020, represents a $2.2 billion overall decrease in state spending from last year. To implement the cuts, most state agencies will receive about 10 percent less funding. FY 2021’s budget also relies on $250 million […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts Budget Primer State Budget
Budget and Taxes Health Justice Laura Harker Overview: Georgia’s 2021 Fiscal Year Budget for Georgia Department of Public Health February 6, 2020 / March 19, 2020 by Laura Harker Gov. Brian Kemp proposed a 2021 budget of $263.5 million in state general funds for the Department of Public Health. The agency is also set to receive $13.7 million from a tobacco industry legal settlement and $1.4 million from the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund. In addition to these state funds, the proposed budget […] Read more » Budget department of health health Public Health State Budget
Higher Education Jennifer Lee Reports Overview: Georgia’s 2021 Fiscal Year Budget for Lottery-Funded Programs January 29, 2020 / October 13, 2026 by Jennifer Lee Download PDF Governor Brian Kemp’s proposed 2021 budget includes $1.3 billion for Georgia’s lottery-funded pre-Kindergarten and HOPE financial aid programs. About $888 million is for HOPE and $392 million is for pre-K. HOPE awards were not affected by budget cuts, though administrative costs and technical assistance funded by the lottery were cut by 4 percent […] Read more » Budget Higher Education HOPE Pre-K State Budget
Budget and Taxes Daniel Kanso, PhD Reports Worker Justice Overview of Georgia’s 2021 Fiscal Year Budget January 23, 2020 / January 21, 2021 by Daniel Kanso, PhD | 1 Comment on Overview of Georgia’s 2021 Fiscal Year Budget Overview After a stretch of largely uninterrupted growth that saw state revenues climb by an annual average of 6 percent between fiscal years (FY) 2011 and 2019, many of Georgia’s agencies have been asked to make mandatory spending cuts. Those cuts are in response to slowing economic activity, increased spending driven by Gov. Brian […] Read more » Budget Budget Cuts georgia-budget revenue State Budget State Taxes taxes
Budget and Taxes GBPI In The News Georgia agencies’ plans to reduce budgets heavy on job, pay cuts October 17, 2019 / May 19, 2020 by Caitlin Highland Gov. Brian Kemp’s administration says layoffs should be the last resort for state agencies trying to meet his call for budget cuts, but department heads have been contacting employees in recent weeks to tell them their jobs may be eliminated, or that they’ll have to take huge pay cuts. GBPI Policy Analyst Danny Kanso said […] Read more » Budget Cuts danny kanso State Budget