The issue focused on the top $20 million of the overall 2017 general fund budget as it provided funds for the public universities, by allowing those agencies to use it to finance an increase to their resident programs. Also included was the university level funding for the Computer Science Program in Georgia Tech, which was increased from $25,039 in FY 2017 to $27,335 in FY 2018. As per previous results, this has had a positive impact on the number of students that apply to Georgia Tech in their first year