Georgia legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia HB1164: Education; require State Board of Education to appoint an audit committee
Status: Signed into law, May 12, 2026
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to require the State Board of Education to appoint an audit committee; to provide for minimum responsibilities of such committee; to amend Chapter 6 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Audits and Accounts, so as to revise provisions for financial audits of local school systems by and on behalf of the Department of Audits and Accounts; to provide for such audits of state charter schools; to require the Department of Audits and Accounts to develop and implement a program of progressive monitoring, supports, and interventions to local school systems and state charter schools; to provide for investigations of local school systems and state charter schools by the state auditor; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to require the State Board of Education to appoint an audit committee; to provide for minimum responsibilities of such committee; to provide for such committee to request, receive, and review reports; to provide additional criteria for the designation of local school systems and state charter schools as high-risk or moderate-risk by the Department of Audits and Accounts; to provide for reports of such designations to the Office of Student Achievement…
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED To amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to require the State Board of Education to appoint an audit committee; to provide for minimum responsibilities of such committee; to provide for such committee to request, receive, and review reports; to provide additional criteria for the designation of local school systems and state charter schools as high-risk or moderate-risk by the Department of Audits and Accounts; to provide for reports of such designations to the Office of Student Achievement; to require local school systems and state charter schools to annually certify compliance with annual audit and reporting requirements and that they are not delinquent in certain required payments; to provide for local school system and state charter school responses to the Department of Education regarding financial irregularities or budget deficits; to revise requirements for public notice of financial conditions of local school systems; to provide for unilateral amendment or termination of performance contracts by the State Board of Education under certain circumstances; to provide for limited contract extensions for local school superintendents when his or her local school system is designated as a high-risk local school system; to provide for additional reporting requirements by the Office of Student Achievement; to expand the authority of the Office of Student …