Kelly McCutchen
Kelly McCutchen is the executive vice president of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation. He is a native of Ellijay, Georgia, and a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology. He was assistant vice president of Trust Company Bank in Atlanta before joining the Foundation in 1993.
His writing has been published in the Wall Street Journal, Georgia Trend and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has appeared on Georgia Week in Review and other television and radio shows.
At the Foundation, he has helped create the Civic Renewal Project that highlights the work of outstanding community-based organizations, as well as the "No Excuses" program to recognize and study high achieving, high poverty public schools.
He has served on the Georgia Tech Alumni Association Board of Trustees and is currently on the Board of Leadership Georgia. Mr. McCutchen chairs the Governing Board of Tech High, a math, science and technology-focused public charter school in Atlanta.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008Georgia Governor Signs School Choice LegislationTax-Credit Scholarship and Charter School Law Propel Georgia to the Forefront of School Choice By Kelly McCutchenFiled As: Education (k-12)After passing a Special Needs Scholarship law last year, Georgia added two more pieces of school choice legislation this week. HB 811establishes an alternative authorizer, the Georgia Charter Commission, at ... more »»
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Friday, May 9, 2008Georgia Awards Transparency Web Site ContractSite will provide Health Care Cost and Quality Comparisons By Kelly McCutchenFiled As: Health CareOn the heels of enacting major health reform earlier this week, Georgia tied up some loose ends from last year's legislative session by awarding the contract for a designed to give consumers access to cost and quality data. The more »»
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Thursday, May 8, 2008Georgia Passes Significant Health Care ReformMeasure helps companies help employees purchase portable insurance By Kelly McCutchenFiled As: Health CareGeorgia became a national leader in health care reform this week after Gov. Sonny Perdue signed two bills into law at the Atlanta Medical Center. This practical legislation addresses some of health care’s biggest challenges – the high cost of insurance, inequities in the tax code, the lack of ... more »»
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Friday, February 1, 2008Georgia Moves Forward with Free Market Health Care ReformsDeregulation and Tax Reductions for HSA-eligible policies By Kelly McCutchenFiled As: Health CareGeorgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, along with Sen. Judson Hill and Rep. Mickey Channell, announced a free market health care reform package this week targeting Georgians without health insurance. A ... more »»
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Friday, February 1, 2008Georgia House Passes Important Charter LegislationFull funding to follow the child By Kelly McCutchenFiled As: Education (k-12)Last year, even The Wall Street Journal noted how some Georgia school boards were denying the majority of charter school petitions ("more »»
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Wednesday, August 29, 2007Georgia Lt. Gov. Cagle Proposes Health Care ReformsHealth Marketplace and Tax Credits for Physicians Volunteering at Clinics Filed As: Health CareLt. Gov. Casey Cagle outlined brief details on two health care proposals last week. The "Georgia Health Marketplace" appears to be an effort at a more market-oriented connector or ... more »»
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007Georgia Should Move to Defined Contribution PensionsFiled As: Budget and Tax, EmploymentOn the editorial page of today's Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jim Wooten uses his column to expose another pension sweetheart deal and calls for ... more »»
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Thursday, August 9, 2007Georgia Governor Proposes Plan for UninsuredFiled As: Health CareGov. Sonny Perdue announced the Health InsurancePartnership for Georgia plan this week. The press release states:
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Thursday, May 31, 2007Georgia Governor Signs Statewide Video Franchise Reform BillAT&T Immediately Announces $500 million investment Filed As: Information TechnologyGovernor Perdue signed the “Consumer Choice for Television Act” this week, which deregulated the market for video services in Georgia. In response, more »»
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Monday, April 23, 2007Georgia Passes First Voucher LawGeorgia Special Needs Scholarship Act Filed As: Education (k-12)Modeled after Florida's successful McKay Scholarship program, the Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Act, provides up to $9,000 for each special needs student currently enrolled in a public school. If signed by the ... more »»
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