SR888: SR888 Senate Parent Accountability for Student Success Study Committee; create

This resolution does not change any Georgia law directly. Instead, it creates the Senate Parent Accountability for Student Success Study Committee to look into issues the resolution's preamble raises: rising student misconduct in schools, declining parental engagement in monitoring grades and academics, and increasing chronic absenteeism. The President of the Senate would appoint five senators to the committee and name one as chairperson. The committee could hold meetings wherever and whenever needed, and members would receive standard legislative per diem and travel allowances (O.C.G.A. § 28-1-8) for up to five meeting days unless more are approved. If the committee approves findings or recommendations by majority vote, the chairperson must file a report with the Secretary of the Senate before the committee is abolished on December 1, 2026.

• Creates a temporary five-member Senate study committee focused on parental accountability for student behavior and academic performance.
• Directs the President of the Senate to appoint the members and designate one as chairperson to call and run meetings.
• Authorizes the committee to study student misconduct, declining parental oversight of grades, and chronic absenteeism and recommend legislation.
• Grants members standard legislative allowances under O.C.G.A. § 28-1-8 for up to five meeting days, paid from Senate funds, unless additional days are approved.
• Requires the chairperson to file any approved findings or a report with the Secretary of the Senate before the committee's abolishment.
• Sets the committee to automatically dissolve on December 1, 2026.

The resolution directly affects the five senators appointed to the committee and the Senate's administrative operations. Indirectly, it concerns Georgia public school students, parents, teachers, and school staff, since the committee's study covers student discipline, absenteeism, and parental engagement in schools.

No school policy or law changes right away. The committee's work could shape future legislation on parental responsibility, student discipline, or absenteeism, meaning any real effect on schools, parents, or students would depend on what the committee recommends and whether lawmakers later act on it.

• Paragraph (1) formally creates the Senate Parent Accountability for Student Success Study Committee.
• Paragraph (2) sets the committee's size at five Senate members, appointed by the President of the Senate, who also names the chairperson.
• Paragraph (3) directs the committee to study the issues raised in the resolution's preamble and recommend action or legislation.
• Paragraph (5) caps paid allowances at five meeting days unless additional days are authorized, funded through Senate appropriations.
• Paragraph (6) requires any approved report or recommendations to be filed with the Secretary of the Senate before abolishment.
• Paragraph (7) abolishes the committee on December 1, 2026.

1. 2026-03-03Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
2. 2026-03-02Senate Hopper (Senate)

• Matt Brass (R, SD-006)Primary sponsor
• Clint Dixon (R, SD-045)
• Randy Robertson (R, SD-029)
• Chuck Payne (R, SD-054)
• Kay Kirkpatrick (R, SD-032)
• Timothy Bearden (R, SD-030)
• Max Burns (R, SD-023)
• Ed Setzler (R, SD-037)
• Jason T. Dickerson (R, SD-021)
• Ed Harbison (D, SD-015)

• parental accountability
• student discipline
• chronic absenteeism
• school safety
• legislative study committees