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House Speaker Proposes $7M For Mental Health Crisis Beds In 2022 Budget

Georgia House speaker calls for more troopers to fight Atlanta crime

Forest act to reimburse Colquitt County Schools more than $85,000

Staff Reports Feb 22, 2021 ATLANTA — Colquitt County School System will receive more than $85,000 through the Georgia Forest Land Protection Act, according to a release from state Sen. Dean Burke. Burke, R-Bainbridge, announced that the FLPA will be reimbursing funds back into school districts for the following counties: Colquitt, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole and Thomas. “I am so proud to see these reimbursements going directly back to our school districts,” said Sen. Burke. “In the Amended Fiscal Year 2021 budget, $25 million has been allocated for the Forest Land Protection Act grant to offset property tax losses in rural communities. It’s no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic has left many of our rural communities needing additional support, and I believe these reimbursements will do just that.”

Overview: 2022 Fiscal Year Budget for the Georgia Department of Corrections - Georgia Budget and Policy Institute

Overview: 2022 Fiscal Year Budget for the Georgia Department of Corrections   For Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, Gov. Brian Kemp proposed a $1.12 billion budget for the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC), an agency charged with overseeing the state’s prison system. Between 1997 and 2007, Georgia’s history of tough-on-crime policies impacted the growth of GDC’s population and increased expenditures by $335.2 million annually. Following Gov. Nathan Deal’s criminal justice reform efforts in 2012, a series of major legislative, programmatic and agency changes were implemented. These shifts were designed to reduce the length of incarceration while also expanding probation and parole eligibility. At the end of 2020, GDC reported a prison population totaling 47,033, a 15 percent decline since December 2019, following a modest population decline from 2012 to 2019.

STRICKLAND: Senator gives GRACE Commission full support

During the third week of the legislative session (Jan. 26-29), the Senate took an important first step in fulfilling our constitutional obligation of passing a balanced budget.