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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 20. EDUCATION · Chapter 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION · Article 17. TEACHERS AND OTHER SCHOOL PERSONNEL · Part 10. PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

20-2-988. Duties and authority of commission.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    The Professional Standards Commission shall evaluate transcripts and issue certificates for all educational personnel seeking certification.#

  2. (b)

    The commission shall follow policies consistent with general education objectives established under Georgia statutes.#

  3. (c)

    The commission shall have the authority to hear the public, the teaching profession, and professional groups and associations on any matter of concern under the jurisdiction of the commission.#

  4. (d)

    The commission has the authority to appoint panels of educators, including public school classroom teachers, to serve as members of teams visiting institutions and school systems having teacher education programs for purposes associated with the process of approving said programs. The commission shall also have the authority to review any report of such teams and to determine whether or not programs proposed for its approval meet its adopted criteria.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1976, p. 966, § 9; Code 1981, § 20-2-988, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 836, § 2; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1546, § 1.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t20-ch1-2a-(v17)-2022-pdf.pdf, Volume V17, 2022 edition, page 822; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 8daa8948bdb5.