House education panel backs constitutional amendment to change State School Board and superintendent selection

The Georgia House Committee on Education voted to advance House Resolution 174 (LC492140), a proposed constitutional amendment that would change the selection process for the State School Board and end the statewide election of the state school superintendent in future elections.

The resolution would keep the status quo for the superintendent on the 2026 ballot but would remove the statewide election in subsequent cycles and shift selection of the superintendent to an appointed role chosen by a reconfigured State School Board. The measure would change how the state school board is constituted: instead of the current method (governor-appointed members representing each of Georgia’s 14 congressional districts), members would be elected by congressional district with members serving four-year terms after a committee amendment replaced an original two-year term provision.

Sponsor remarks and context The bill’s sponsor, identified in the transcript only as a representative, told the committee the…