O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 20-2-200.1 (2019)

Exemption from testing for transferring out-of-state teachers

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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The commission shall not require a teacher from another state desiring to transfer to this state to take a test of specific subject matter or a test of broad general knowledge to obtain a renewable certificate if such teacher:

(1) Holds a valid, professional state educator’s certificate or license from a state that is a party to the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification Interstate Contract; and

(2) Has a minimum of five years of satisfactory appraisals or ratings on any annual performance evaluations.

History

Code 1981, § 20-2-200.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 398, § 1.

Annotations

Code Commission notes. Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in

2003, the provisions currently appearing as Code Section 20-2-200.1 were redesignated from Code Section 20-2-200 as directed by the instructional language of Ga. L. 2003, p. 398, § 1.