TITLE 20 EDUCATION

Section 14. Education Accountability, 20-14-1 through 20-14-113.

ARTICLE 2 EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS

20-14-50. Creation; adoption of performance measures; report cards; audit.

1. The office shall create and the council shall adopt the rules and policies that support a postsecondary accountability assessment program that is primarily performance based.
2. The office shall develop and the council shall adopt performance measures and indicators that provide the basis for an accountability report card annually on the University System of Georgia and the Technical College System of Georgia.
3. The office and the board of regents shall identify, define, and develop such performance indicators and measures by December 1, 2001. The first report card on universities and colleges shall be implemented and produced by the office by December 1, 2002.
4. The office and the State Board of Technical and Adult Education (now known as the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia) shall identify, define, and develop such performance indicators and measures by December 1, 2001. The office shall implement and produce the first report card on the department, institutes, and schools by December 1, 2002.
5. After December 1, 2002, the office shall audit those postsecondary institutions, schools, colleges, or programs as necessary in implementing the education accountability system described in this part.

(Code 1981, §20-14-50, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 618, § 93; Ga. L. 2008, p. 335, § 2/SB 435; Ga. L. 2011, p. 632, § 3/HB 49; Ga. L. 2012, p. 775, § 20/HB 942.)