GBPI In The News To keep growing the economy, Georgia leaders must protect our state’s main source of funding September 10, 2019 / March 26, 2020 by Alex Welch Next year, lawmakers will consider legislation that could threaten Georgia’s ability to remain economically competitive by significantly weakening the state’s main source of funding. This vote comes at a time when Georgia faces both a cloudy economic forecast and critical needs statewide, while state agencies are being asked to slash budgets over the next two […] Read more » State Budget State Taxes Taifa Smith Butler tax cuts
GBPI In The News Georgia Medicaid agency plans $10 million in admin cuts per Kemp plan August 23, 2019 / January 14, 2020 by Alex Welch The state agency that oversees programs that deliver health care to about a quarter of Georgians isn’t ruling out job cuts to meet Gov. Brian Kemp’s edict to slash department budgets over the next two years. Our tax and budget policy analyst Danny Kanso expects job losses if Gov. Kemp forces agencies to cut 4 […] Read more » Budget & Taxes danny kanso medicaid State Budget State Taxes
Budget and Taxes Daniel Kanso, PhD Worker Justice The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in Georgia: High Income Households Receive Greatest Benefits August 12, 2019 / May 26, 2020 by Daniel Kanso, PhD This report offers the first comprehensive look at how the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA), in combination with Georgia’s enacted response, will impact the state budget and families at every level of income from 2020–2025. In partnership with Step Up Savannah and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), a case […] Read more » EITC State Budget State Taxes Tax Cuts and Jobs Act taxes
Budget and Taxes Daniel Kanso, PhD Reports Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: Sine Die 2019 April 10, 2019 / October 13, 2026 by Daniel Kanso, PhD Download PDF During the 2019 legislative session, the Georgia General Assembly approved 28 tax bills. Lawmakers will wait until next year to consider the legislature’s most ambitious tax proposals that include significant tax breaks and new revenues to support Georgia’s growing economy. Georgia’s constitution requires any measure that raises state revenue to originate in the […] Read more » Adding Up the Fiscal Notes Budget & Taxes danny kanso Income Tax State Budget tax cuts
Blog Budget and Taxes K-12 Education Stephen Owens A Half-Billion Steps in the Right Direction for Public Schools April 9, 2019 / February 26, 2021 by Stephen Owens In the 2019 legislative session Georgia lawmakers committed more than half a billion dollars to increase pay for teachers from Pre-K through 12th grade. Legislators intend for the allotment to increase salaries for certified teachers by $3,000 beginning July 1, 2019. This significant investment acts as a down payment toward a $5,000 raise that Gov. […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Education Higher Education K-12 Legislature pay raises public school State Budget teacher
Blog Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Daniel Kanso, PhD Health Justice Higher Education K-12 Education Worker Justice Georgia’s FY 2020 Budget: Majority of New Spending Dedicated to $530 Million Teacher Pay Raise April 4, 2019 / May 26, 2020 by Daniel Kanso, PhD | 1 Comment on Georgia’s FY 2020 Budget: Majority of New Spending Dedicated to $530 Million Teacher Pay Raise Georgia lawmakers gave final passage to the state’s $27.5 billion budget for the 2020 fiscal year, beginning July 1, 2019. Built on the state’s lowest estimate of revenue growth in a decade, the FY 2020 budget projects a conservative 3.2 percent increase in tax and fee collections above the previous fiscal year. The vast majority […] Read more » Budget & Taxes Education Higher Education K-12 Legislature State Budget
Blog Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Health Justice Higher Education Jennifer Lee K-12 Education Worker Justice Sine Die 2019: Progress and Missed Opportunities for a People-First Agenda April 4, 2019 / May 26, 2020 by Jennifer Lee | 2 Comments on Sine Die 2019: Progress and Missed Opportunities for a People-First Agenda The first legislative session under Gov. Brian Kemp and Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan ended on Tuesday, April 2. Because Georgia’s General Assembly operates on a biennial legislative session, any bills that failed to advance this year will be reassigned to committee and available for consideration when legislators reconvene in 2020. Here are some highlights as […] Read more » Budget & Taxes Education Higher Education K-12 Legislature State Budget
Budget and Taxes Daniel Kanso, PhD Reports Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: Crossover Day 2019 March 13, 2019 / October 13, 2026 by Daniel Kanso, PhD Download PDF The Georgia General Assembly approved 16 major tax bills between January and “Crossover Day,” the deadline for legislation to clear at least one chamber to be eligible for final passage this legislative session. Georgia’s constitution requires any measures raising revenue must originate in the House of Representatives. Now the Senate will consider 14 […] Read more » Adding Up the Fiscal Notes Budget & Taxes danny kanso Income Tax State Budget tax cuts
Fact Sheets Higher Education Jennifer Lee Georgia Lawmakers can Maximize Lottery Effectiveness February 25, 2019 / May 26, 2020 by Jennifer Lee The Georgia Lottery is intended to support a more educated Georgia where everyone gets a good early start to their education and an affordable path to a college degree. Too many lottery dollars sit idle. The state averages more than $53 million in lottery surplus every year which builds up the reserves instead of supporting […] Read more » Budget Education Higher Education HOPE Scholarship K-12 State Budget
Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Health Justice Laura Harker Reports Overview: 2020 Fiscal Year Budget for Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities February 11, 2019 / October 13, 2026 by Laura Harker Download PDF The governor’s budget proposal for the 2020 fiscal year adds $78.7 million more in state general funds for the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities than the 2019 budget. It directs $10.4 million in state funds toward home and community-based waiver programs and housing support services. These efforts are a part of […] Read more » Budget dbhdd Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Safety Net State Budget substance abuse
