November 13, 2025
Four Decades of QBE: How Georgia’s Funding Formula Addresses Poverty
QBE, as currently designed, contributes to keeping some areas continually in poverty.
Topic: School district
August 14, 2025
Four Decades of QBE: Georgia’s Education Funding Formula and Its Challenges
For nearly four decades, funding for Georgia public education has been provided by a program known as Quality Basic Education, and commonly referred to as QBE.
February 12, 2025 • Commentary
Georgia school districts prepare to block property tax relief while holding billions in reserves
Cumulatively, Georgia’s 180 city and county school districts have more than doubled their reserves to a staggering $6.5 billion.
April 23, 2024 • Blog
Prison contraband, overpaid school bus drivers and wasted COVID-19 relief money made March a month for waste, fraud and abuse
A monthly compilation of alleged or documented stories about waste, fraud or abuse of taxpayer money or taxpayer-funded resources throughout Georgia.
August 16, 2023 • Blog
Janitors, email scams and interest-free loans took Georgia taxpayers to the cleaners
The latest stories about waste, fraud or abuse of taxpayer money or taxpayer-funded resources throughout Georgia.
August 4, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: August 4, 2023
A list that gets its subject matter exactly backward makes me stop and wonder what’s going on.
July 13, 2023 • Blog
Some Georgia officials hide documents, steal taxpayer money and can’t do basic math
The latest stories about waste, fraud or abuse of taxpayer money or taxpayer-funded resources throughout Georgia.
May 10, 2023 • Blog
Shoddy jobs and bathroom bribes robbed Georgia taxpayers of millions
The latest stories about waste, fraud or abuse of taxpayer money or taxpayer-funded resources throughout Georgia.
April 6, 2023 • Blog
Georgia taxpayers lost money to Obamacare, the American Rescue Plan and unemployment fraud
The latest stories about waste, fraud or abuse of taxpayer money or taxpayer-funded resources throughout Georgia.
February 2, 2023 • Blog
One Georgia mayor’s alleged malfeasance and other acts of misspent taxpayer money
Recent stories about waste, fraud, or abuse of taxpayer money throughout Georgia.
November 29, 2022 • Blog
Georgia Taxpayers Lose Out After More Waste, Fraud and Abuse is Discovered
Highlights of government negligence from November 2022.
November 8, 2022 • Blog
How Georgia Taxpayers Were Fleeced in October
Recent instances of government waste, fraud and abuse in Georgia.
February 25, 2019
Issue Analysis: The Economics of Building a Voucher or ESA Program in Georgia
The economics of vouchers and educational savings accounts (ESAs, also known as educational scholarship accounts) are central to their political success because attracting sufficient political support for such educational choice […]