O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 20-2-984.1 (2019)

Professional Standards Commission - Adoption of standards of performance and a code of ethics

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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(a) It shall be the duty of the commission, by regulation, to adopt standards of performance and a code of ethics for educators. The standards of performance and code of ethics shall represent standards of performance and conduct which are generally accepted by educators of this state. In adopting regulations as provided in this Code section, the commission shall seek the advice of educators of this state. The standards of performance and code of ethics adopted by the commission shall be limited to professional performance and professional ethics. The standards of performance and code of ethics adopted by the commission shall not require an individual to participate in or complete any training program in which divisive concepts, as such term is defined in Code Section 20-1-11, are advocated for.

(b) Upon the adoption by the commission of standards of performance and a code of ethics as provided in subsection (a) of this Code section, educators of this state shall be obliged to meet and comply with such standards of performance and to abide by such code of ethics.

History

Code 1981, § 20-2-984.1, enacted by Ga.

L. 1998, p. 750, § 7; Ga. L. 2022, p. 136, § 1-6/HB 1084.

The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, added the last sentence in subsection (a).

Annotations

Editor’s notes. Ga. L. 2022, p. 136, § 1-1/HB 1084, not

codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Protect Students First Act.’”

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Requirement to report breach of standards. - In a First Amendment free speech case, the district court did not err in finding that a public educator’s complaint to Georgia’s Professional Standards Commission was filed pursuant to the educator’s official duties. Under O.C.G.A. § 20-2-984.1(b), adherence to the Code of

Ethics was mandatory for all certified educators in Georgia and, under the Code of Ethics, Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 505-6.01(4) required educators to report a breach of one or more of the Standards. Myles v. Richmond County Bd. of Educ., 267 Fed. Appx. 898, 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 5055 (11th Cir. 2008).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2008–2008 · leading case: Lori Myles v. Richmond Co. Bd. of Educ., 267 F. App'x 898 (11th Cir. 2008).
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Lori Myles v. Richmond Co. Bd. of Educ., 267 F. App'x 898 (11th Cir. 2008). “O.C.G.A. § 20-2-984.1(b). Under the Code, “[e]ducators are required to report a breach of one or more of the Standards.”
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Lori Myles v. Richmond Co. Bd. of Educ., 267 F. App'x 898 (11th Cir. 2008). “O.C.G.A. § 20-2-984.1(b). Under the Code, “[e]ducators are required to report a breach of one or more of the Standards.”
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