Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia House Bill HR887 Compare Versions

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1	1	25 LC 49 2403
2	2	House Resolution 887
3	3	By: Representatives Blackmon of the 146
4	4	th
5	5	and Erwin of the 32
6	6	nd
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8	8	A RESOLUTION
9	9	Creating the House Study Committee on Reducing and Prioritizing Mandates for Public
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11	11	School Administration; and for other purposes.2
12	12	WHEREAS, providing for public education is a primary responsibility of the State of3
13	13	Georgia, as enshrined in the Constitution; and4
14	14	WHEREAS, local school systems are established and maintained and under the management5
15	15	and control of local boards of education; and6
16	16	WHEREAS, providing for the education of Georgia's public school students is a7
17	17	responsibility shared by state and local governing authorities; and8
18	18	WHEREAS, the effective administration of public elementary and secondary schools in this9
19	19	state requires local boards of education, local school system administrators, and public school10
20	20	administrators to address many and varied state and federal statutory and regulatory11
21	21	mandates; and12
22	22	WHEREAS, the addition of new legal mandates each year to existing mandates, some of 13
23	23	which have become outmoded or are practically unenforceable, can have the unintended14
24	24	H. R. 887
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26	26	effect of dividing the attention of local boards of education, local school system
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28	28	administrators, and public school administrators, with increasing attention paid to16
29	29	administrative matters at the expense of decreasing attention paid to supporting and17
30	30	improving student learning; and18
31	31	WHEREAS, it is critical that state and local resources and efforts should be primarily19
32	32	focused on supporting and improving student learning rather than complying with legal20
33	33	mandates, especially such mandates that have become outmoded, are practically21
34	34	unenforceable, or are no longer the priority of state and local governing authorities; and22
35	35	WHEREAS, a review of existing mandates relating to public school administration is needed23
36	36	for legislators, education leaders, and community stakeholders to examine and evaluate best24
37	37	practices for reducing and prioritizing mandates for public school administrators, and to25
38	38	recommend legislative and policy initiatives to that end.26
39	39	NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:27
40	40	(1) Creation of House study committee. There is created the House Study Committee28
41	41	on Reducing and Prioritizing Mandates for Public School Administration.29
42	42	(2) Members and officers. The committee shall be composed of six members of the30
43	43	House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of31
44	44	Representatives. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate a member32
45	45	of the committee as chairperson of the committee.33
46	46	(3) Powers and duties. The committee shall undertake a study of the conditions, needs,34
47	47	issues, and problems mentioned above or related thereto and recommend any action or35
48	48	legislation which the committee deems necessary or appropriate.36
49	49	(4) Meetings. The chairperson shall call all meetings of the committee. The committee37
50	50	may conduct such meetings at such places and at such times as it may deem necessary or38
51	51	H. R. 887
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53	53	convenient to enable it to exercise fully and effectively its powers, perform its duties, and
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55	55	accomplish the objectives and purposes of this resolution.40
56	56	(5) Allowances and funding.41
57	57	(A) The legislative members of the committee shall receive the allowances provided42
58	58	for in Code Section 28-1-8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated.43
59	59	(B) The allowances authorized by this resolution shall not be received by any member44
60	60	of the committee for more than five days unless additional days are authorized. Funds45
61	61	necessary to carry out the provisions of this resolution shall come from funds46
62	62	appropriated to the House of Representatives.47
63	63	(6) Report.48
64	64	(A) In the event the committee adopts any specific findings or recommendations that49
65	65	include suggestions for proposed legislation, the chairperson shall file a report of the50
66	66	same prior to the date of abolishment specified in this resolution, subject to51
67	67	subparagraph (C) of this paragraph.52
68	68	(B) In the event the committee adopts a report that does not include suggestions for53
69	69	proposed legislation, the chairperson shall file the report, subject to subparagraph (C)54
70	70	of this paragraph.55
71	71	(C) No report shall be filed unless the same has been approved prior to the date of56
72	72	abolishment specified in this resolution by majority vote of a quorum of the committee. 57
73	73	A report so approved shall be signed by the chairperson of the committee and filed with58
74	74	the Clerk of the House of Representatives.59
75	75	(D) In the absence of an approved report, the chairperson may file with the Clerk of the60
76	76	House of Representatives a copy of the minutes of the meetings of the committee in lieu61
77	77	thereof.62
78	78	(7) Abolishment. The committee shall stand abolished on December 1, 2025.63
79	79	H. R. 887
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