HR 1668: Education, Department of; local school systems; prioritize the inclusion of ex officio, honorary, and nonvoting student representatives on its local boards of education; urge

This resolution does not change Georgia law. Instead, it urges the Department of Education and local school systems to prioritize adding student representatives to local boards of education. These representatives would serve in an ex officio, honorary, and nonvoting capacity, meaning they could attend and take part in board discussions but could not vote, make motions, or join closed executive sessions. The resolution points to City Schools of Decatur as an example of a district that already has a student representative and says the practice has benefited both students and the district. It asks that once such a policy is developed, it be presented to the chairpersons of the House Committee on Education, and it directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies to the Department of Education and local school systems.

• Urges, but does not legally require, the Department of Education and local school systems to add student representatives to local boards of education.
• Specifies the representatives would be ex officio, honorary, and nonvoting, able to attend and participate in open meetings but not vote, make motions, or determine quorum.
• Bars student representatives from participating in closed executive sessions of local boards.
• Requests that any resulting policy be presented to the chairpersons of the House Committee on Education.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to the Department of Education and each local school system.

Local boards of education across Georgia, the state Department of Education, students who might serve as board representatives, and the House Committee on Education, which would review any resulting policy.

Because this is a resolution rather than a bill, it carries no legal force and creates no new requirement. If school systems act on the request, students could gain a formal, if nonvoting, seat at board meetings, potentially increasing student input into decisions about academic policy.

• The resolution urges the Department of Education and local school systems to prioritize including student representatives on local boards of education.
• Student representatives would hold ex officio and honorary status without voting rights, motion rights, or quorum-counting rights, and could not attend executive sessions.
• Cites City Schools of Decatur as an existing example of a district using a student board representative.
• Requires any resulting policy to be presented to the chairpersons of the House Committee on Education.
• Directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies to the Department of Education and each local school system.

1. 2026-03-18House Second Readers (House)
2. 2026-03-16House First Readers (House)
3. 2026-03-12House Hopper (House)

• Omari Crawford (D, HD-089)Primary sponsor
• Mary Oliver (D, HD-084)
• Imani Barnes (D, HD-086)
• Phil Olaleye (D, HD-059)
• Saira Draper (D, HD-090)
• Long Tran (D, HD-080)

• student representation
• local school boards
• education policy
• Department of Education