ATLANTA — A legislature that was poised last winter to give Georgia teachers a 2% raise and follow through with the second installment of a state income tax cut is moving forward with a fiscal 2021 budget that does neither.

The Senate Appropriations Committee Wednesday approved a budget for the year starting July 1 that cuts spending by $2.6 billion, acknowledging the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the state’s coffers.

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