School disinvestment a chronic problem in Georgia and around the nation
Georgia school’s have been chronically underfunded since 2002, and only in the 2019 fiscal year were schools finally properly funded. As of last year, some school districts still had to furlough teachers because of the impacts of years of budget cuts. A new report from the Center for American Progress shows that public disinvestment in schools has been part of a national trend since at least the 2007 recession in many states under Republican control.