GBPI In The News Press Stephen Owens Kemp signs private-school vouchers bill April 23, 2024 / May 7, 2024 by Stephen Owens ATLANTA – Gov. Brian Kemp signed a private-school vouchers bill Tuesday, culminating a fight Republicans have waged for years to give students in low-performing schools another option. Senate Bill 233, which the GOP-controlled General Assembly passed last month largely along party lines, will offer vouchers worth up to $6,500 to parents of children enrolled in […] Read more » GBPI Georgia Georgia Lawmakers Georgia legislation k-12 education K-12 schools private school vouchers SB 233 school vouchers Senate Bill 233 vouchers
GBPI In The News Press Stephen Owens Georgia House speaker aims to persuade resistant Republicans in voucher push March 14, 2024 / March 27, 2024 by Stephen Owens ATLANTA — Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns is leaning into the push to pass a voucher plan funding private school tuition and home schooling, looking to change the minds of fellow Republican skeptics. Burns made what he said was his first-ever appearance at a House Education Committee meeting Wednesday. He urged the panel to advance […] Read more » GBPI Georgia Georgia Lawmakers Georgia legislation k-12 education K-12 schools private school vouchers SB 233 school vouchers Senate Bill 233 vouchers
Budget and Taxes K-12 Education Reports Stephen Owens Hundreds of Millions of Dollars at Stake for a Failed Policy | Bill Analysis House Bill 60 (LC 49 0793S) February 10, 2022 / February 10, 2022 by Stephen Owens Note: This piece provides an update to a 2021 analysis of a previous version of the bill, available here. Georgia’s General Assembly operates on a two-year session cycle, so while the bill did not pass in 2021 it is still live and lawmakers may consider the current version. Key Takeaways House Bill 60 would […] Read more » Budget K-12 k-12 education vouchers
Budget and Taxes K-12 Education Reports Stephen Owens Bill Analysis: House Bill 999 (LC 49 0739) February 10, 2022 / February 10, 2022 by Stephen Owens Key Takeaways House Bill 999 relies on a faulty measure to calculate the state’s allocations to public schools Georgia cannot afford to ignore the needs inside public schools in favor of exclusionary private schools State lawmakers concerned about Georgia’s children should reject HB 999 and consider legislation like HB 10 which provided additional funding […] Read more » Budget K-12 k-12 education vouchers
K-12 Education Stephen Owens School Vouchers: Myth vs. Fact March 5, 2021 / March 6, 2021 by Stephen Owens Debates around school funding and the best use of public dollars are rife with confusion. Discussion around school vouchers, which provide public funding for private education, seem to be a particular magnet for half-truths or previously disproven claims. The following table gives a few of the most popular myths, and the reality that runs counter. […] Read more » Education K-12 school vouchers vouchers
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
Blog K-12 Education Learning the Basics People Powered Prosperity Stephen Owens Toolkits Resources on School Vouchers January 11, 2021 / February 11, 2022 by Stephen Owens | 1 Comment on Resources on School Vouchers Current Status: In the 2022 Legislative Session, lawmakers may consider House Bill 60 and House Bill 142, two bills that would enact or expand voucher programs to take hundreds of millions of dollars of state money away from public schools and send them to private schools. House Bill 60 and House Bill 142 did not […] Read more » education-savings-accounts ESA private schools public-schools vouchers
Bill Analysis K-12 Education Stephen Owens Potential Voucher Expansion Leaves Students and Parents at a Loss February 28, 2020 / April 28, 2020 by Stephen Owens Bill Analysis: Senate Bill 386 (LC 49 0125) Established in 2007, the Georgia Special Needs Scholarship (GSNS) is a voucher that allows parents of students with disabilities to pay for private education programs using money previously allocated for public schooling. The voucher is available to students with an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) who have attended […] Read more » 504 plans Education K-12 vouchers
Fact Sheets K-12 Education Learning the Basics Stephen Owens Video What Are School Vouchers? February 12, 2020 / October 13, 2026 by Stephen Owens Download PDF Vouchers Overview Georgia legislators have debated educational vouchers since the 1950s.[1] A school voucher is an amount of money provided by the state government to parents for use for private educational programs, such as tuition at private schools. There are two basic ways the state can finance school vouchers. Tax-credit vouchers Taxpayers can […] Read more » Education K-12 school vouchers vouchers
Blog K-12 Education Stephen Owens Reject Policies that Make Education Less Fair Across Georgia January 16, 2020 / April 28, 2020 by Stephen Owens Last fall we published a report exploring the connection between Georgia’s legacy of slavery and Jim Crow and its impact on the educational opportunities and resources for students living in the state’s “Black Belt.” The Black Belt refers to a region of the state where slave labor was concentrated. Since 1865, Jim Crow segregation and […] Read more » Charter Schools Education Education Savings Account Georgia K-12 testing TRS vouchers
