The Georgia Policy Foundation has championed public policies that have change laws and changed lives for over 20 years.

Education

• Higher Content Standards
• Alternative Certification to Improve Teacher Quality
• School Choice – Georgia is one of a handfull of states with charter schools, special needs scholarships and tuition tax credit scholarships
• We created “No Excuses” schools to highlight high-achieving, high-poverty schools
• We were one of the first states in the nation to publish a report card, the Foundation’s “Education Report Card For Parents”

Taxes

• Low Taxes
• Elimination of the Georgia Intangibles Tax
• Elimination of the Sales Tax on Energy Used in Manufacturing, Mining and Agriculture

• One of the strongest laws in the nation protecting against eminent domain abuse
• Civil Service Reforms impacting every state employee hired after 1996
• Telecommunications deregulations that has led to a thriving telecom market
• Elimination of burdensome professional licencing regulations
• Regulatory cost/benefit analysis for small businesses
• One of the few states in the nation to shift state employees to a hybrid pension plan, moving away from a pure defined benefit plan

Health Care

• Georgia is a leader in implementing Consumer-Driven Health Care Reforms such as health savings accounts, wellness incentives, cost and quality data and defined contribution plans for small businesses
• Georgia removed the state heatlh care tax penalty by eliminating state income tax on high-deductible premiums