• § 20-2-210 - Annual Performance Evaluation
  (a) All personnel employed by local units of administration, including school superintendents, shall have their performance evaluated annually by appropriately trained evaluators. All such...
• § 20-2-211 - Annual Contract; Disqualifying Acts; Job Descriptions
  (a) All teachers, principals, other certificated professional personnel, and other personnel of a local unit of administration shall be employed and assigned by its...
• § 20-2-211.1 - Clearance Certificates Issued by the Professional Standards Commission Relating to Fingerprint and Criminal Background Checks
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Clearance certificate" means a certificate issued by the Professional Standards Commission that verifies that...
• § 20-2-212 - Salary Schedules
  (a) The State Board of Education shall establish a schedule of minimum salaries for services rendered which shall be on a ten-month basis and...
• § 20-2-212.1 - Increase in State Salary of Person Selected As Georgia Teacher of the Year
  Any person who has been selected as Georgia Teacher of the Year, as determined by the State Board of Education, shall be moved up...
• § 20-2-212.2 - Salary Increase for Persons Receiving Certification From National Board for Professional Teaching Standards; State Payment of Program Participation Fee; Repayment; Reimbursement
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "High-needs school" means a Georgia public school that has received an unacceptable rating for...
• § 20-2-212.3 - Increasing Teachers' Salaries in Areas of Shortage; Criteria for Determining Shortage
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2012, p. 358, § 10/HB 706, effective July 1, 2012.
• § 20-2-212.4 - Additional Five Percent Increase in Teacher Salary Based on Student Performance
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2012, p. 358, § 11/HB 706, effective July 1, 2012.
• § 20-2-212.5 - Additional Compensation for Teachers in Mathematics or Science
  (a) (1) On and after July 1, 2010, and until such date as may be determined by the State Board of Education that mathematics,...
• § 20-2-212.6 - Limitation on Salary Increase for School Superintendent or Administrators
  (a) If any local board of education furloughs teachers, paraprofessionals, cafeteria workers, bus drivers, custodians, support staff, or other nonadministrative positions during any school...
• § 20-2-213 - Career Ladder Programs
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2012, p. 358, § 12/HB 706, effective July 1, 2012.
• § 20-2-213.1 - Pay-For-Performance for Rewarding Group Activity
  (a) The State Board of Education is authorized and directed to devise and implement a pay-for-performance program for rewarding group productivity. By December 31,...
• § 20-2-214 - Salary Schedule for Principals; Supplements
  The State Board of Education shall establish a salary schedule for school principals that includes a supplement amount for each principal. The amount of...
• § 20-2-214.1 - High Performance Principals Program
  (a) The General Assembly finds that the driving force behind attracting quality teachers to a school and creating a culture of learning and respect...
• § 20-2-215 - "in Loco Parentis" Status of Aides and Paraprofessionals
  Classroom aides and paraprofessionals shall have, while performing assigned duties, the authority of "in loco parentis," except for the administration of corporal punishment; provided,...
• § 20-2-216 - Substitute Teachers
  As a condition for receiving funds under this article, it shall be the duty of each local unit of administration to employ and to...
• § 20-2-217 - Professional and Staff Development Stipends
  The State Board of Education is authorized and directed to devise a program to provide professional and staff development stipends sufficient to allow eligible...
• § 20-2-218 - Duty-Free Lunch Period; Exchange of Lunch Period for Compensation or Other Benefit; Length of School Day Not Affected; Exemption for Extenuating Circumstances; Funding
  (a) Every teacher who is employed in grades kindergarten through five for a period of time of more than one-half of the class periods...
• § 20-2-219 - Payroll Deduction Services Provided by Local Units of Administration
  (a) It is affirmed that a local unit of administration may, in its discretion, provide payroll deduction services to any organization, association, or corporation...
• § 20-2-220 - Limitations Upon Decreases in Local Salary Supplements for School Bus Drivers and Food Service Managers or Employees
  In any fiscal year in which school bus drivers or full-term school food service managers or food service employees receive any increase in state...
• § 20-2-221 - Furlough Days to Be on Monday or Friday or in Conjunction With Holidays
  In the event that a local school system furloughs teachers and other school personnel during any school year, such furlough day shall be on...

Last modified: October 14, 2016