A bill that would change the way schools are accredited in Georgia is moving through the state legislature. Senate Bill 498 would require 80% of school accreditation to be based on academics and 20% on fiscal management. Currently, state law requires accreditors to include board governance in their evaluations of schools and districts.
Sen. Lindsey Tippins, R-Marietta, is the bill’s lead sponsor. He says accreditors should focus mainly on school performance and how well students are prepared for life after high school.
“Some of the actions I’ve seen in accreditation in the past years…the accreditation process has much more to do with the behavior of the adults than it does the academic performance of the students,” he said on the Senate floor.
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