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title: O.C.G.A. § 20-2-209.1. School safety and anti-gang endorsement for eligible certificated professional personnel.
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# O.C.G.A. § 20-2-209.1. School safety and anti-gang endorsement for eligible certificated professional personnel.

(a) No later than December 31, 2023, the Professional Standards Commission, in consultation with the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and the Georgia Public Safety Training Center, shall create a school safety and anti-gang endorsement for eligible certificated professional personnel, as determined pursuant to rules and regulations of the Professional Standards Commission, who elect to complete a training program, approved by the Professional Standards Commission, in multidisciplinary best practices for promoting and preserving safe schools and for identifying and deterring youth gangs.

(b) The Professional Standards Commission, in consultation with the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency, shall establish measures to assess the fidelity of training and implementation for individuals who receive the school safety and anti-gang endorsement.

(c)(1) All eligible certificated professional personnel, as determined pursuant to rules and regulations of the Professional Standards Commission, who are employed in a public school in this state, complete a school safety and anti-gang training program approved by the Professional Standards Commission, and provide to the Professional Standards Commission verification of such completion from an approved provider shall receive the school safety and anti-gang endorsement.

(2) Postsecondary educational institutions with a teacher certification program approved by the Professional Standards Commission are encouraged to include training in multidisciplinary best practices for promoting and preserving safe schools and for identifying and deterring youth gangs in such program.

## History

Code 1981, § 20-2-209.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2023, p. 14, § 2/HB 147, effective July 1, 2023.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2023, p. 14, § 1/HB 147, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Safe Schools Act.’”

## Effective Date

This Code section became effective July 1, 2023.