Georgia Administrative Code

(1) Purpose. This rule states field-specific content standards for approving endorsement programs that prepare individuals to teach English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) in grades P-12 and supplements requirements in GaPSC Rule 505-3-.01 REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR APP…

(1) Purpose. This rule states field-specific content standards for approving endorsement programs that prepare individuals to teach gifted and talented students in the field(s) and at the grade levels of their base teacher certification and supplements requirements in Rule 505-3-…

(1) Purpose. This rule states field-specific content standards for approving programs that prepare teachers to teach in Georgia's early intervention and remedial intervention programs. This rule supplements requirements in GaPSC Rule 505-3-.01, REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR APPR…

(1) Purpose. (a) This rule describes requirements and field-specific content standards for approving endorsement programs that prepare mathematics specialists for teaching students in grades K-5 and supplements requirements in Rule 505-3-.01 REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR APPROVI…

(1) Purpose. (a) This rule describes requirements and field-specific content standards for approving endorsement programs that prepare science specialists for teaching students in grades K-5 and supplements requirements in GaPSC Rule 505-3-.01 REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR APPRO…

(1) Purpose. This rule states field-specific content standards for approving endorsement programs that prepare individuals to model STEM content pedagogy in the field and at the grade level of their base certification, and supplements requirements in Rule 505-3-.01, REQUIREMENTS …

(1) Purpose. This rule states field-specific content standards for approving endorsement programs that prepare individuals to teach classes within online and blended learning environments and supplements requirements in Rule 505-3-.01 REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR APPROVING EDUC…

(1) Purpose. This rule states field-specific content standards for approving endorsement programs that prepare individuals with enhanced knowledge and skills to teach reading to students in grades P-12, and supplements requirements in GaPSC Rule 505-3-.01 REQUIREMENTS AND STANDAR…

(1) Purpose. This rule states field-specific content standards for approving endorsement programs that prepare individuals to model STEAM content pedagogy in the field and at the grade level of their base certification, and supplements requirements in Rule 505-3-.01, REQUIREMENTS…

(1) Purpose. This rule states field-specific content standards for approving endorsement programs that prepare teachers to teach students who are deaf or hard of hearing in grades P-12. This rule supplements requirements in GaPSC Rule 505-3-.01 REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR APPR…

(1) Purpose. This rule states field-specific content standards for approving programs that prepare teachers to provide instruction or instructional support to P-12 students who have physical or health-related disabilities for all or part of a student's general or special curricul…

(1) PURPOSE. The purpose of this rule is to clarify definitions and requirements relative to state payments to certain supervisors of student teachers. (2) DEFINITIONS: (a) Student teaching--the full-time component of a Professional Standards Commission (PSC)-approved teacher edu…

(1) Statutory Basis for Grant Program. Georgia Professional Standards Act, O.C.G.A. Sections 20-2-982 and 20-2-984. (2) Purpose of Program. This program is designed to provide assistance to colleges and universities offering approved education preparation programs with a computer…

(1) Statutory Basis for Grant Program. Georgia Professional Standards Act, O.C.G.A. Sections 20-2-982 and 20-2-984. (2) Purpose of Program. This program is designed to encourage innovation and changes in the design and delivery of education personnel preparation programs as calle…

(1) Statutory Basis for Grant Program. Georgia Professional Standards Act, O.C.G.A. Sections 20-2-982 and 20-2-984. (2) Purpose of Program. This program is designed to encourage large scale demonstration projects in the design and delivery of education personnel preparation progr…

(1) Statutory Basis for Grant Program. Georgia Professional Standards Act, O.C.G.A. Sections 20-2-982 and 20-2-984. (2) Purpose of Program. Professional Standards Commission initiated activities focused on priorities and issues of concern of the Professional Standards Commission.…

(1) Introduction. The Code of Ethics for Educators defines the professional behavior of educators in Georgia and serves as a guide to ethical conduct. The Georgia Professional Standards Commission (GaPSC) has adopted standards that represent the conduct generally accepted by the …

(1) Reinstatement of a suspended certificate. (a) If the certificate was suspended according to the stipulations of GaPSC Rule 505-6-.01 THE CODE OF ETHICS FOR EDUCATORS (5) (a) 3., it will be reinstated automatically when the Georgia Professional Standards Commission (GaPSC) is …

(1) Request for Hearing - To contest the Commission's proposed disciplinary sanction, an educator must request a hearing within thirty (30) calendar days after service of notice of the Commission's probable cause finding and proposed sanction. (a) A request for hearing is defined…

(1) Purpose. The purpose of this rule is to specify the procedure of review of the initial decision of a hearing officer pursuant to a request from the respondent educator or the Georgia Professional Standards Commission. (2) The initial decision in all cases before the Office of…

(1) A request to the Commission to stay the enforcement of a final decision pending superior court review must be made in writing and must contain a statement clearly outlining why a stay should be granted. (a) Although the Commission may grant an oral hearing regarding a request…

(1) Monitoring is the Commission's quarterly appraisal of an educator's conduct while employed in a Georgia public or private school for a period of time specified by the Commission. Monitoring may be the only disciplinary action or may be used in conjunction with a suspension, r…

The following terms as used in these rules shall have the following meanings unless clearly indicated otherwise by the content: (a) Commission. The Professional Practices Commission of the State of Georgia. (b) Elementary School. School settings designated by grade levels kinderg…

(1) The Commission. (a) Membership. 1. Composition. The Commission is composed of seventeen members as follows: four elementary school teachers, four secondary school teachers, one elementary school principal, one secondary school principal, two Local Superintendents, one represe…

(1) Adoption and Maintenance of Standards of Performance and a Code of Ethics. It shall be the duty of the Commission to adopt and maintain standards of performance and code of ethics for educators. The standards of performance and code of ethics shall represent standards of perf…

(1) Obtaining Information from the Commission. (a) Obtaining Information Documents from the Commission Files. The Commission complies with all requirements of the Georgia Open Records Act and takes its dual obligations pursuant to that Act seriously: the Commission seeks to provi…

(1) General. As a part of its duty to adopt a code of ethics for teachers which represents the standards of conduct generally accepted by teachers in this State, the Commission issues opinions on the application of the code to specific situations. Any citizen of this State may re…

(1) Procedures for Suspension or Revocation of Certificates. (a) Investigation. 1. General. Upon receipt of information from the State Board, the Professional Standards Commission, the State Superintendent, the State Department, or Local Board, a local superintendent, any certifi…

(1) General. When serving as a tribunal on behalf of a Local Board hearing a matter involving the termination or nonrenewal of a contract of employment or demotion of a teacher, principal, or other employee having a contract for a definite term, the Commission will follow the rul…

(1) General. As part of its duty to maintain high standards for the teaching profession in Georgia, the Commission provides consultative services and technical assistance. Any citizen of this State may request such services and assistance, though the Commission will determine, ba…

(1) General. Request for information concerning the files or documents of the Commission shall be pursuant to the requirements of the Georgia Open Records Act. There are no other formal procedures to request public information. (2) Telephone Inquiries to the Executive Director an…

(1) General. Any interested person may petition the Commission requesting the promulgation, amendment, or repeal of a rule. The petition shall be submitted in writing to the Executive Director at the offices of the Commission. (2) Form of Petition. The petition need not follow an…

(1) General. Any interested person may petition the Commission requesting a declaratory ruling as to the applicability of any statutory provision or any rule or order of the agency. The petition shall be submitted in writing to the Executive Director of the Commission. (2) Form o…

No specific forms are required for any matters which are filed with the Commission. Models or guides for pleadings in contested cases and for other communications to the Commission are available on request for a copying fee.

(1) Intent of the Chapter. The standards listed in this chapter are held to be the generally accepted minimal standards of the education profession in Georgia and are therefore declared to be the basis for reviewing the performance of professional educators. It is the intent of t…

(1) Administrative and Supervisory Requirements. Competent educators must possess the administrative and supervisory abilities and skills necessary to complete the designated task. (a) Each Competent Educator. 1. Records. Each educator shall keep records for which he/she is respo…

(1) Preamble. Educators, on whom the development and perpetuation of knowledge depends, recognize their primary responsibility is to students. As members of the teaching profession, educators also recognize their responsibility to the educational system, to the profession, and to…

This Code is in three parts: "Canons," "Ethical Considerations" and "Standards of Conduct," each of which is designed to complement the other. "Canons" are the aspirations of the profession. Because they represent the ideal, it is recognized that educators may fall short of these…

Wherever the words "The Association" are used herein they shall mean the Georgia Poultry Improvement Association. (1) Membership in the Association and participation in the National Poultry Improvement Plan or the National Turkey Improvement Plan is voluntary, but each hatchery, …

When more than one hatchery in Georgia is operated by a hatchery member, or more than one store or establishment in Georgia is operated by a dealer member, each such location shall be subject to a separate agreement. However, retail stores operated under the same ownership as a m…

Hatchery and dealer membership dues and fees for the current season, or other accounts with the Association, shall be paid within 30 days from June 30th each year or the membership agreement shall be automatically terminated. Agreements which lapse for non-payment of such fees or…

(1) Hatchery fees shall be based upon the following schedule: hatchery capacity (setting and hatching), 10,000 eggs or less $8.00. Over 10,000 egg capacity, $1.00 increase for each additional 10,000 eggs or fraction thereof with $50.00 as a maximum fee. (2) A combined fee for bot…

An official test of a breeding flock is one that is made by an official testing agent, in which official leg bands and authorized antigen are used, and the test is made for a member hatchery. A separate flock report is required for each breeding flock on a premise that is officia…

(1) A flock-selecting and pullorum-testing report of every official test shall be forwarded to the state inspector within 7 days from the date that the test is made. (2) All reactors to a pullorum-typhoid test shall be removed from the farm or disposed of to the satisfaction of t…

(1) To qualify under the plan, a participating flock must meet the pullorum-typhoid classification of the hatchery or dealer to which it is supply hatching eggs. (2) A Ga. U. S. Approved flock shall be any affiliated flock that is participating in the National Poultry Improvement…

(1) All turkey eight (8) months of age on a farm, shall be tested to meet the pullorum-typhoid classification of any participating turkey flock, and reported to the official state agency. (2) All domesticated fowl on a farm other than chickens and turkeys provided for in paragrap…

(1) Official leg bands and NPIP and NTIP Report Forms, shall be used only in connection with the testing of any flock which is to supply hatching eggs to a participating hatchery or dealer. (2) All birds which are required to be bloodtested for the purpose of classifying any part…