Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed the Fiscal Year 2025 budget yesterday in Atlanta.  The governor says that the State of Georgia is committing a total of $13.2 billion to education in the upcoming fiscal year.

Kemp said that total represents an additional $1.4 billion over the 2024 Fiscal Year education allotment.  Along with the increase in the budget, the governor announced that teachers will again this year get a raise.

Kemp said, “We know just how important teachers are to preparing the next generation for that success, which is why we’ve raised educator pay faster and by more than ever before in state history. This year, we’ll do it again, with an increase of an additional $2,500”.  Kemp said the upcoming pay raise will mean teachers have had a total of $9,500 in pay raises since the governor took office.

Kemp said that the state is also committing over $7 million in the upcoming fiscal year budget for literacy initiatives in Georgia’s public schools.