HR1529: HR1529 House Study Committee on the College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI); create

The College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) is Georgia's system for measuring how well public schools, school systems, and the state prepare students for college or careers. It scores schools on components including content mastery, academic progress, closing achievement gaps, readiness, and graduation rate. This resolution creates the House Study Committee on the CCRPI, made up of six House members appointed by the Speaker of the House, who also names the chairperson. The committee would study whether the content mastery, progress, and closing gaps components accurately measure student achievement and growth, and could recommend legislation. Members would receive standard legislative allowances under O.C.G.A. § 28-1-8, paid from House funds, for up to five meeting days unless more are approved. The committee must file any report before it is abolished on December 1, 2026.

• Creates the House Study Committee on the College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) to examine how the index measures school performance.
• Directs the Speaker of the House to appoint six House members to the committee and designate a chairperson.
• Charges the committee with reviewing the content mastery, progress, and closing gaps components of the CCRPI for accuracy and reliability.
• Allows the committee to recommend legislation based on its findings and requires any approved report be filed with the Clerk of the House.
• Sets member pay and expense allowances under existing law (O.C.G.A. § 28-1-8), capped at five meeting days unless additional days are authorized, funded through the House of Representatives' budget.
• Abolishes the committee automatically on December 1, 2026.

The resolution directly affects members of the Georgia House of Representatives appointed to the committee, the Speaker of the House who makes appointments, and indirectly Georgia's public schools, school systems, students, and the Department of Education, whose CCRPI scores could eventually be affected by any resulting legislation.

If the committee finds problems with how the CCRPI measures achievement, growth, or achievement gaps, it could recommend changes to how Georgia schools and students are scored and held accountable, which affects school ratings, public perception, and possibly funding or policy tied to those scores.

• Paragraph 1 creates the House Study Committee on the CCRPI.
• Paragraph 2 sets committee membership at six House members appointed by the Speaker, who also names the chairperson.
• Paragraph 3 directs the committee to study CCRPI-related issues and recommend action or legislation it finds necessary.
• Paragraph 4 lets the chairperson call meetings at times and places needed to carry out the committee's work.
• Paragraph 5 grants members standard legislative allowances (O.C.G.A. § 28-1-8), limited to five paid days unless more are authorized, funded from House appropriations.
• Paragraph 6 sets rules for filing a committee report, including that it must be approved by majority vote before filing.
• Paragraph 7 abolishes the committee on December 1, 2026.

1. 2026-03-16House Committee Favorably Reported (House)
2. 2026-03-06House Second Readers (House)
3. 2026-03-04House First Readers (House)
4. 2026-03-03House Hopper (House)

• Bethany Ballard (R, HD-147)Primary sponsor
• Chris Erwin (R, HD-032)
• Carmen Rice (R, HD-139)
• Scott Hilton (R, HD-048)
• Matt Dubnik (R, HD-029)

• education policy
• school accountability
• CCRPI
• public schools
• legislative study committees