HR887: HR887 House Study Committee on Reducing and Prioritizing Mandates for Public School Administration; create

Local school boards and public school administrators in Georgia must comply with a large and growing number of state and federal legal requirements. This resolution says that pile of rules can pull attention away from teaching and student learning. To address that, it creates the House Study Committee on Reducing and Prioritizing Mandates for Public School Administration. The committee will have six House members appointed by the Speaker of the House, who will also name a chairperson. The committee will study which administrative mandates are outdated, unenforceable, or no longer a priority, and can recommend legislation or policy changes. Members get standard legislative per diem and travel allowances for up to five meeting days unless more are approved, paid from House funds. The committee must stand abolished on December 1, 2025, and any report must be approved and filed before then.

• Creates the House Study Committee on Reducing and Prioritizing Mandates for Public School Administration, made up of six House members appointed by the Speaker.
• Directs the committee to study state and federal mandates placed on local school boards and public school administrators.
• Authorizes the committee to recommend legislation or policy changes to reduce or reprioritize those mandates.
• Allows legislative members to receive standard allowances under O.C.G.A. § 28-1-8 for up to five meeting days unless additional days are approved.
• Requires any approved findings or recommendations to be filed as a report with the Clerk of the House before the committee is abolished.
• Sets December 1, 2025 as the date the committee automatically ends.

The resolution directly affects the six House members appointed to the committee, plus local boards of education, local school system administrators, and public school administrators across Georgia whose compliance workload the committee will study.

If the committee's work leads to future legislation, it could change which administrative rules Georgia schools must follow, potentially freeing up time and resources for teaching. For now, the resolution only creates a temporary study group with no immediate change to any school requirement.

• Paragraph (1) formally creates the House Study Committee on Reducing and Prioritizing Mandates for Public School Administration.
• Paragraph (2) sets committee membership at six House members appointed by the Speaker, who also designates the chairperson.
• Paragraph (3) charges the committee with studying mandate-related issues and recommending action or legislation.
• Paragraph (4) lets the chairperson call and organize meetings as needed.
• Paragraph (5) provides legislative allowances under O.C.G.A. § 28-1-8, capped at five paid days unless more are authorized, funded through House appropriations.
• Paragraph (6) requires any adopted report with legislative recommendations to be approved by majority vote and filed with the Clerk of the House before abolishment.
• Paragraph (7) abolishes the committee on December 1, 2025.

1. 2025-04-04House Passed/Adopted (House)
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• Shaw Blackmon (R, HD-146)Primary sponsor
• Chris Erwin (R, HD-032)
• Mitchell Horner (R, HD-003)

1. PassedHouse voteApril 4, 2025

   166 yea, 0 nay (5 not voting, 9 absent)

   Uncontested House Resolutions: House Vote #444

• public school administration
• education policy
• legislative study committee
• school mandates