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title: SB 487. Education Workforce Data Governance Advisory Committee; within the Office of Student Achievement; establish
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date: 2026-02-19
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bill_number: SB 487
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status_date: 2026-02-10
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  - Billy Hickman
  - Chuck Payne
  - Clint Dixon
  - Jason Anavitarte
  - RaShaun Kemp
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  - education workforce data
  - teacher recruitment and retention
  - Office of Student Achievement
  - education policy
  - public data dashboard
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# SB 487. Education Workforce Data Governance Advisory Committee; within the Office of Student Achievement; establish

## Text

The Senate Committee on Education and Youth offered the following
substitute to SB 487:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 14 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to the Office of Student Achievement, so as to establish the Education
Workforce Data Governance Advisory Committee within the Office of Student Achievement
to advise and assist with matters relating to collection, analysis, and use of education
workforce data and educator recruitment and retention; to provide for membership of the
advisory committee; to provide for meetings of the advisory committee; to provide for duties
of the advisory committee; to provide for recommendations by the advisory committee; to
repeal certain provisions relative to reporting on the effect of nationally certified teachers and
Teacher Alternative Preparation Program teachers on student performance; to provide for
automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 14 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated,
relating to the Office of Student Achievement, is amended by revising Code Section
20-14-28, relating to reporting on effect of nationally certified teachers on student
performance, as follows:
"20-14-28.
<del>When the state-wide comprehensive educational information system provided for in Code
Section 20-2-320 becomes functional, the office shall conduct a longitudinal study of the
effect of nationally certified teachers on student performance in Georgia. Thereafter, the
office shall prepare an annual report addressing the question of whether nationally certified
and Teacher Alternative Preparation Program teachers have improved student performance
in Georgia. The office shall submit such report to the State Board of Education and shall
notify the members of the General Assembly of the availability of such report in the
manner which it deems to be most effective and efficient.
</del> <ins>(a) As used in this Code section, the term 'advisory committee' means the Education
Workforce Data Governance Advisory Committee established pursuant to this Code
section.
(b) The director shall establish the Education Workforce Data Governance Advisory
Committee, the membership of which shall comprise:
(1) One representative from the Professional Standards Commission;
(2) One representative from the Department of Education;
(3) One representative from the Department of Early Care and Learning;
(4) One representative from the University System of Georgia;
(5) One representative from the Technical College System of Georgia; and
(6) One representative from the Georgia Student Finance Commission.
(c) The advisory committee shall meet not less than once per quarter.
(d) The advisory committee shall advise and assist the office in:
(1) Establishing goals, objectives, policies, methods, and standards for the collection,
analysis, and use of education workforce data;
(2) Identifying data sources and differences in metrics used by different data sources;
</ins>
<ins>(3) Creating a unified framework to reduce redundant district requests and enable
efficient collaboration;
(4) Developing definitions for relevant terminology;
(5) Mapping data and exploring integration of data from the office, the Professional
Standards Commission, the Department of Education, the University System of Georgia,
the Technical College System of Georgia, and local school systems and other public
schools;
(6) Developing a public data dashboard which shall include all data collected by the
office that can be made available to the public regarding educator recruitment and
retention; and
(7) Preparing the annual report regarding the Georgia education workforce provided for
in paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of Code Section 20-14-27.
(e) The advisory committee shall make recommendations to the office regarding potential
means of improving and supporting educator recruitment and retention.
(f) This Code section shall stand repealed on July 1, 2036."
</ins> SECTION 2.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.

## Summaries written by Georgia Commons

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A Georgia Senate bill would replace an outdated teacher-certification study requirement with a new advisory committee inside the Office of Student Achievement that oversees education workforce data and educator recruitment efforts.

### Plain-language summary

Current Georgia law (O.C.G.A. § 20-14-28) requires the Office of Student Achievement to study how nationally certified teachers and Teacher Alternative Preparation Program teachers affect student performance, tied to a statewide data system. This bill deletes that requirement entirely.
In its place, the bill creates the Education Workforce Data Governance Advisory Committee within the Office of Student Achievement. The committee would include one representative each from the Professional Standards Commission, the Department of Education, the Department of Early Care and Learning, the University System of Georgia, the Technical College System of Georgia, and the Georgia Student Finance Commission. It must meet at least quarterly and would help set standards for collecting and using education workforce data, build a shared data framework across agencies, develop a public data dashboard on educator recruitment and retention, and prepare an annual workforce report. The new Code section would automatically repeal on July 1, 2036.

### What it does

- Repeals the existing requirement that the Office of Student Achievement study and report on how nationally certified and Teacher Alternative Preparation Program teachers affect student performance.
- Creates the Education Workforce Data Governance Advisory Committee within the Office of Student Achievement to guide education workforce data policy.
- Sets the committee's membership at six representatives, one each from the Professional Standards Commission, Department of Education, Department of Early Care and Learning, University System of Georgia, Technical College System of Georgia, and Georgia Student Finance Commission.
- Requires the committee to meet at least once per quarter.
- Directs the committee to help build a unified data framework, develop shared terminology, and create a public dashboard on educator recruitment and retention.
- Sets the new Code section to automatically expire (sunset) on July 1, 2036.

### Who it affects

The Office of Student Achievement, the Professional Standards Commission, the Department of Education, the Department of Early Care and Learning, the University System of Georgia, the Technical College System of Georgia, and the Georgia Student Finance Commission, all of which would supply representatives to the new committee. Local school systems and educators are also affected through the data collection and public dashboard.

### Why it matters

Georgia would move from a narrow, largely inactive teacher-certification study requirement to an ongoing, multi-agency effort to coordinate education workforce data. This could give the public and policymakers clearer, unified information on teacher shortages, recruitment, and retention across the state's school and college systems.

### Key provisions

- Section 1 rewrites O.C.G.A. § 20-14-28, deleting the nationally certified teacher performance study and reporting requirement.
- Subsection (b) establishes the six-agency membership of the Education Workforce Data Governance Advisory Committee.
- Subsection (c) requires the committee to meet at least quarterly.
- Subsection (d) lists seven duties, including setting data standards, mapping data across agencies, and creating a public dashboard on educator recruitment and retention.
- Subsection (d)(7) ties the committee's work to the annual workforce report required under O.C.G.A. § 20-14-27(a)(4).
- Subsection (e) directs the committee to recommend ways to improve educator recruitment and retention.
- Subsection (f) sets an automatic repeal date of July 1, 2036 for the new Code section.
- Section 2 repeals any conflicting laws.

## Status

- Status: Introduced (2026-02-10)
- Last action: Senate Read Second Time (2026-02-19)
- Sponsors: Billy Hickman, Chuck Payne, Clint Dixon, Jason Anavitarte, RaShaun Kemp
- Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73064

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