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Education FundingOverview
Budget Overview | www.gbpi.org
School Funding and Poverty in GeorgiaClaire Suggs, Senior Education Policy Analyst
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Budget Overview | www.gbpi.org
Our Policy Area Focus
TaxesBudgetEducationHealth CareEconomic SecurityEconomic Development
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State Funding
51.5%Education
51.5%Education
OtherOther27.6%State funding per student has declined 12 percent in
inflation-adjusted dollars
Since 2002 in Georgia:
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Districts with Largest Decline in State Funding
51.5%Education
51.5%Education
OtherOther27.6%
District % Change in State Funding per FTEFY 2002-2015
% Free & Reduced Lunch Students
1. Greene County -57.6% 98.6%
2. Montgomery County -33.4% 53.3%
3. Putnam County -32.7% 78.3%
4. Randolph County -32.5% 91.4%
5. Baldwin County -31.9% 79.1%
6. Dublin City -31.9% 85.1%
7. Rabun County -31.1% 68.1%
8. Fannin County -30.4% 64.1%
9. Towns County -29.4% 57.6%
10. McIntosh County -29.4% 84.0%
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Shifting responsibility for K-12 funding
SOURCE: Georgia Department of Education
Local41%
State51%
Federal8%
Funding Sources for K-12Georgia FY 2014
Local38%
State56%
Federal6%
Funding Sources for K-12Georgia FY 2002
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K-12 Formula Underfunded by $746 Million in 2015
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Districts with Largest Austerity Cut per FTE
51.5%Education
51.5%Education
OtherOther27.6%
District % Change in State Funding per FTEFY 2002-2015
% Free & Reduced Lunch Students
1. Taliaferro County -$621 93.6%
2. Trion City -$594 43.9%
3. Quitman County -$577 99.1%
4. Atkinson County -$572 85.0%
5. Pelham City -$571 92.1%
6. Clay County -$558 98.0%
7. Madison County -$556 62.3%
8. Bacon County -$549 68.0%
9. Floyd County -$546 59.3%
10. Webster County -$544 81.0%
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Rising Number of Students in Poverty
2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 201330
35
40
45
50
55
60
65
44.2446.4
49.7650.98
56.06
59.7562.16
Percent of Students Participating in Free & Reduced Lunch Program
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Poor Students Struggle in School
8th Grade Reading 8th Grade Math
2017
48 47
Fewer Low-Income Students Reach Proficiency2013 NAEP Exam
Free & Reduced Lunch Students Non-FRL Students
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Poor Students Struggle in School
Economically Disadvantaged Students
All Students
63.4
71.5
2013 High School Graduation Rate
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How Poverty Limits Learning
51.5%Education
51.5%Education
OtherOther27.6%
• Hunger
• Health
• School Readiness
• Parenting
• Toxic Stress
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How Poverty Limits Learning: Hunger
51.5%Education
51.5%Education
OtherOther27.6%
Georgia Nation
28.1
21.6
Percent of Children Who are Food Insecure
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How Poverty Limits Learning: Health
51.5%Education
51.5%Education
OtherOther27.6%
Children in poverty have
• Poorer vision
• Higher rates of iron-deficiency anemia
• Greater incidence of asthma due to increased exposure to environmental toxins and smoke
• Less access to routine pediatric care and more likely to be hospitalized
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How Poverty Limits Learning: School Readiness
51.5%Education
51.5%Education
OtherOther27.6%
Children in poverty
• Know fewer words
• Are read to less frequently
• Are more likely to attend low-quality daycare
• Less likely to play outside and spend more time watching TV
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How Poverty Limits Learning: Parenting
51.5%Education
51.5%Education
OtherOther27.6%
Parents in poverty
• More likely to work longer hours and odd hours
• Are more likely to be depressed
• Less likely to know how to best support children’s academic success
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How Poverty Limits Learning: Toxic Stress
51.5%Education
51.5%Education
OtherOther27.6%
Children who have experienced toxic stress show deficits in
• Language
• Long-term memory
• Working memory
• Executive control
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Local Funding
51.5%Education
51.5%Education
OtherOther27.6% Tax digest fell in nearly 90% of districts by an
average of 21.7% in inflation-adjusted dollars.
135 districts raised millage rates
Local revenues fell in 89 districts by an average of 20%; these districts enroll nearly 80% of all students
Between 2008 and 2013:
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Impact of Funding Losses
51.5%Education
51.5%Education
OtherOther27.6%
• 33 percent of responding districts cut the school year
• 85 percent increased class size
• About 84 percent have fewer teachers
• About 68 percent have eliminated instructional support positions
• About 77 percent have cut central office staff
• Nearly 73 percent are using reserve funds this year
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Impact of Funding Losses
51.5%Education
51.5%Education
OtherOther27.6%
Percent of Districts Reducing Programs
Scaling back programs for struggling students
Reducing or eliminating art or music
Eliminating elective courses0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
36%
46%
63%
Percent of Districts Reducing Programs
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FY 2015 Budget ($19.9 Billion)
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FY 2015 Revenue Sources
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FY 2015 Education Funding Increase: $535 Million
$314 Million $134 Million $57 Million $29 Million
Partial Restoration K-12 Formula Cut
Formula Growth
Teacher Retirement System
Other
0
0
0
0
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FY 2016 Education Funding Increase: $557 Million
$280 Million $180 Million $74 Million $23 Million
Partial Restoration K-12 Formula Cut
Formula Growth
Teacher Retirement System
Other
0
0
0
0
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K-12 Formula Underfunded by $470 Million in 2016
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Money Matters
What the research tells us:
Increased funding improves student achievement: e.g. MA, NJ, MI, TX
Effect varies—how the money is spent matters
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How Squeezed Are You?
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