• § 20-2-981 - Short Title
  This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Professional Standards Act."
• § 20-2-982 - Purpose
  The following constitute the major purposes of this part: (1) To simplify and make more efficient the process of certifying educational personnel in Georgia;...
• § 20-2-982.1 - Definitions
  As used in this part, the term: (1) "Commission" means the Professional Standards Commission. (2) "Educator" means teachers and school or school system administrators...
• § 20-2-983 - Professional Standards Commission -- Creation; Composition; Terms, Qualifications, Appointment, and Removal of Members; Filling of Vacancies
  (a) The Professional Standards Commission existing June 30, 1991, is abolished and the term of office of the members of such abolished commission shall...
• § 20-2-984 - Professional Standards Commission -- Authority to Create and Implement Standards and Procedures for Certifying Educational Personnel; Recommending Standards and Procedures for Certification; Continuation of Teaching Certificates; Restrictions
  (a) The commission shall create and implement standards and procedures for certifying educational personnel as qualified for a certificate to practice in the public...
• § 20-2-984.1 - Professional Standards Commission -- Adoption of Standards of Performance and a Code of Ethics
  (a) It shall be the duty of the commission, by regulation, to adopt standards of performance and a code of ethics for educators. The...
• § 20-2-984.2 - Professional Standards Commission -- Reports of Criminal Offenses to Local Boards of Education; Requests by Local Boards for Investigation; Immunity
  (a) Superintendents, associate or assistant superintendents, or directors of personnel shall make an immediate written report to the local board of education upon receiving...
• § 20-2-984.3 - Professional Standards Commission -- Preliminary Investigations of Violations; Requirement for Automatic Investigation; Investigation of Sexual Offenses
  (a) Upon receipt of a written request from a local board, the state board, or one or more individual residents of this state, the...
• § 20-2-984.4 - Professional Standards Commission -- Preliminary Investigations; Powers of Investigator; Limitations; Notice; Change of Address; Withdrawal of Application
  (a) If the commission agrees to investigate matters reported under Code Section 20-2-984.2 or Code Section 20-2-984.3, an investigator of the commission shall conduct...
• § 20-2-984.5 - Professional Standards Commission -- Preliminary Investigations; Disciplinary Actions; Hearings; Consultative Services
  (a) After a preliminary investigation authorized by Code Section 20-2-984.4, the commission shall review the report of the investigator and either determine that no...
• § 20-2-985 - Professional Standards Commission -- Selection of Chairman; Calling of Meetings; Quorum; Minutes; Annual Report
  (a) The Governor shall annually select a chairman from the membership of the commission. Meetings shall be held at the call of the chairman...
• § 20-2-986 - Professional Standards Commission -- Reimbursement; Retention of Income and Benefit Rights by Members Employed by State Agency or Political Subdivision; Reimbursement for Employee's Performance of Duties As Commission Member
  Members of the commission shall receive no compensation for their services but shall, upon approval by the chairman, be reimbursed for their actual and...
• § 20-2-987 - Professional Standards Commission -- Executive Secretary; Employees' Membership in State Retirement Systems; Transfer of Property and Employees to Commission; Commission Substitute for Department of Education
  (a) The commission shall appoint an executive secretary who shall serve as the secretary and executive officer of the commission. Such executive secretary shall...
• § 20-2-988 - Duties and Authority of Commission
  (a) The Professional Standards Commission shall evaluate transcripts and issue certificates for all educational personnel seeking certification.(b) The commission shall follow policies consistent with...
• § 20-2-989 - Appropriation of Operating Funds
  The funds necessary for the operation of the commission shall come from funds specifically appropriated or otherwise made available to the Professional Standards Commission.
• § 20-2-989.1 - Classifications for Certificated Personnel; Functions of State Board Transferred to Commission
  (a) The classifications established by the State Board of Education pursuant to Code Section 20-2-200 shall remain in effect until such time as the...

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