TITLE 20 EDUCATION

Section 2. Elementary and Secondary Education, 20-2-1 through 20-2-2180.

ARTICLE 17 TEACHERS AND OTHER SCHOOL PERSONNEL

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;
2. To attract the highest possible number of qualified personnel to become educators in Georgia;
3. To promote the hiring of qualified educators from other states to work in Georgia schools;
4. To improve the level of preparation of educators, both pre-service and in-service, by requiring for purposes of certification those essential skills and that knowledge needed to deliver effective education;
5. To adopt standards of professional performance and a code of professional ethics for educators, both of which shall represent standards of performance and conduct which are generally accepted by educators of this state;
6. To investigate reports of specified criminal conduct, violations of professional or ethical codes of conduct, and violations of certain rules, regulations, and policies by school system educators;
7. To enforce the requirement that local school systems promptly report specified criminal conduct of school system educators to the commission; and
8. To impose disciplinary action or a denial of a certificate against an educator.

(Code 1981, §20-2-982, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 1546, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 750, § 3.)