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HR 1529

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

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Bethany Ballard and 4 co-sponsors

Georgia House establishes study committee to review and evaluate the College and Career Ready Performance Index school rating system's effectiveness and design.

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Bill Summary · HR 1529

Legislative bill overview

HR 1529 creates a House study committee tasked with examining Georgia's College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI), the state's primary metric for evaluating K-12 school performance. The committee will investigate the current system's effectiveness, implementation challenges, and potential improvements or alternatives for measuring student and school success.

Why is this important

The CCRPI directly influences school funding, teacher evaluations, and public perception of school quality across Georgia. Any changes to this index could reshape how schools allocate resources, what curricula they emphasize, and how communities perceive educational outcomes—affecting millions of students and families statewide.

Potential points of contention

  • Definition of "college and career ready" – Disagreement over whether the index adequately measures workforce readiness versus traditional academic metrics, or if it overemphasizes standardized testing
  • Equity concerns – Questions about whether CCRPI fairly evaluates schools serving disadvantaged communities with different resource levels and student demographics
  • Alternative metrics debate – Dispute over whether supplementary measures (social-emotional learning, graduation rates, student engagement) should replace or complement current components

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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