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title: HR 1529. House Study Committee on the College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI); create
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date: 2026-03-16
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status_date: 2026-03-03
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  - Bethany Ballard
  - Chris Erwin
  - Carmen Rice
  - Scott Hilton
  - Matt Dubnik
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  - school accountability
  - education policy
  - CCRPI
  - legislative study committees
  - Georgia public schools
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# HR 1529. House Study Committee on the College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI); create

## Text

House Resolution 1529
By: Representatives Ballard of the 147th, Erwin of the 32nd, Rice of the 139th, Hilton of the
48th, and Dubnik of the 29th
A RESOLUTION
Creating the House Study Committee on the College and Career Ready Performance Index
(CCRPI); and for other purposes.
WHEREAS, the College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) is Georgia's tool for
measuring how well public schools, local school systems, and the state are preparing students
for the next level of education; and
WHEREAS, the CCRPI includes five main components, each of which is intended to
measure a particular aspect of college and career readiness: content mastery, progress,
closing gaps, readiness, and graduation rate; and
WHEREAS, it is essential that the components of the CCRPI are reliable and accurate
indicators of college and career readiness; and
WHEREAS, the content mastery component is intended to measure whether students are
achieving at the level necessary to be prepared for the next grade, college, or a career; and
WHEREAS, the progress component is intended to measure how much growth students
demonstrate from one school year to the next; and
WHEREAS, the closing gaps component is intended to set the expectation that all students
and student groups make annual improvements in achievement rates or maintain high levels
of achievement; and
WHEREAS, a comprehensive review of the content mastery, progress, and closing gaps
components and the calculations used for such components is needed to ensure that such
components reliably and accurately measure student achievement and progress so that the
CCRPI remains useful for school improvement and accountability and is aligned with the
realities of how students and schools change over time.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:
(1) Creation of House study committee. There is created the House Study Committee
on the College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI).
(2) Members and officers. The committee shall be composed of six members of the
House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate a member
of the committee as chairperson of the committee.
(3) Powers and duties. The committee shall undertake a study of the conditions, needs,
issues, and problems mentioned above or related thereto and recommend any action or
legislation which the committee deems necessary or appropriate.
(4) Meetings. The chairperson shall call all meetings of the committee. The committee
may conduct such meetings at such places and at such times as it may deem necessary or
convenient to enable it to exercise fully and effectively its powers, perform its duties, and
accomplish the objectives and purposes of this resolution.
(5) Allowances and funding. The legislative members of the committee shall receive
the allowances provided for in Code Section 28-1-8 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated. The allowances authorized by this resolution shall not be received by any
member of the committee for more than five days unless additional days are authorized.
Funds necessary to carry out the provisions of this resolution shall come from funds
appropriated to the House of Representatives.
(6) Report.
(A) In the event the committee adopts any specific findings or recommendations that
include suggestions for proposed legislation, the chairperson shall file a report of the
same prior to the date of abolishment specified in this resolution, subject to
subparagraph (C) of this paragraph.
(B) In the event the committee adopts a report that does not include suggestions for
proposed legislation, the chairperson shall file the report, subject to subparagraph (C)
of this paragraph.
(C) No report shall be filed unless the same has been approved prior to the date of
abolishment specified in this resolution by majority vote of a quorum of the committee.
A report so approved shall be signed by the chairperson of the committee and filed with
the Clerk of the House of Representatives.
(D) In the absence of an approved report, the chairperson may file with the Clerk of the
House of Representatives a copy of the minutes of the meetings of the committee in lieu
thereof.
(7) Abolishment. The committee shall stand abolished on December 1, 2026.

## Summaries written by Georgia Commons

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A Georgia House resolution would create a study committee to review how the state's College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) measures school performance, focusing on whether key parts of the formula are accurate.

### Plain-language summary

The CCRPI is Georgia's system for scoring how well public schools, districts, and the state prepare students for college or careers, based on components like content mastery, student progress, and closing achievement gaps. This resolution does not change the CCRPI itself. Instead, it creates a six member House Study Committee, appointed by the Speaker of the House, to examine whether the content mastery, progress, and closing gaps components and their calculations accurately measure student achievement.
The committee can hold meetings, study the issue, and recommend legislation if it finds problems. Members can be reimbursed for expenses under existing law (O.C.G.A. § 28-1-8) for up to five days unless more are approved, funded through the House's existing budget. The committee must file a report if it approves one, and it will automatically dissolve on December 1, 2026.

### What it does

- Creates a six-member House Study Committee on the CCRPI, with members appointed by the Speaker of the House.
- Directs the committee to study whether the content mastery, progress, and closing gaps components of the CCRPI accurately measure student achievement.
- Authorizes the committee to recommend legislation or other action based on its findings.
- Allows legislative members to receive standard travel and expense allowances for up to five meeting days, funded through the House's budget.
- Requires a report to be filed with the Clerk of the House if the committee approves findings by majority vote.
- Sets the committee to automatically dissolve on December 1, 2026.

### Who it affects

Members of the Georgia House of Representatives appointed to the committee, the Georgia Department of Education, local school systems, and indirectly students and families whose schools are evaluated under the CCRPI accountability system.

### Why it matters

The CCRPI affects how schools and districts are graded and held accountable for student achievement. A review of how its components are calculated could lead to future legislation changing how schools are measured, which could affect funding, reputation, and improvement plans tied to those scores.

### Key provisions

- Paragraph (1) creates the House Study Committee on the College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI).
- Paragraph (2) sets committee membership at six House members appointed by the Speaker, who also names the chairperson.
- Paragraph (3) charges the committee with studying the issues described and recommending action or legislation.
- Paragraph (5) ties member allowances to O.C.G.A. § 28-1-8 and caps paid days at five unless additional days are authorized, funded from House appropriations.
- Paragraph (6) requires a report approved by majority vote of a quorum to be filed with the Clerk of the House, or meeting minutes filed if no report is approved.
- Paragraph (7) abolishes the committee on December 1, 2026.

## Status

- Status: Introduced (2026-03-03)
- Last action: House Committee Favorably Reported (2026-03-16)
- Sponsors: Bethany Ballard, Chris Erwin, Carmen Rice, Scott Hilton, Matt Dubnik
- Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73786

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