Title 17 — Education

The Director shall organize the Facility to engage in: (a) Research and experimentation; (b) Demonstration programs; and (c) Conduct educational programs for the purposes set out in § 21102. SOURCE: '11899.5 GC, as added by P.L. 13-192.

The Director shall have the power to employ academic and non- academic personnel to be employed within the Facility subject to legislative appropriation. The Director is specifically encouraged to recruit for assistance in the accomplishment of the objectives of the Facility qual…

The Director shall annually report in writing to the Legislature and the Governor upon the work of the Facility. SOURCE: '11899.7 GC, as added by P.L. 13-192.

All agencies and officials of the Government are authorized and empowered and shall cooperate with the Facility to the extent necessary to facilitate the exercise by the Facility of its powers, duties and functions under this Chapter. SOURCE: '11899.8 GC, as added by P.L. 13-192.

The Director, subject to approval of the President of the University, is authorized to enter into agreements with the Federal Government and its agencies and private foundations and international agencies to receive assistance of all kinds for the achievement of its objectives; p…

The activities of the Facility as herein authorized shall not be duplicated by the Department of Agriculture. SOURCE: '11899.10 GC, as added by P.L. 13-192. ---------- COL120106

The University shall establish a Masters in Social Work (>MSW’) Program and seek accreditation by the Council on Social Work Education for both the Bachelors in Social Work (>BSW’) and MSW Programs. The curriculum shall be developed by the social work faculty with advice from an …

There shall be established a Board of Directors (the Board) charged with the overall management of the Guam Small Business Incubator Program. The Board shall consist of the following members: The President of the University of Guam shall serve as Chairman of the Board; The Dean o…

There is established, to operate in cooperation with the University of Guam Small Business Development Center (SBDC), a business incubator program for Guam. The incubator space will be rented from current available commercial rental space.

The goal of the incubator is to provide small business owners with the capital resources to conduct their businesses and give them reasonable chance for success without the added burden of high over-head costs involved in renting commercial office space and in leasing/purchasing …

The business incubator is responsible for providing professional office space and professional office facilities to small business owners and operators who are unable to afford office rental space at the going market rate. The tenants of the business incubator shall be selected b…

(a) Incubator means any rental space designated by the Guam Small Business Incubator Board of Directors as commercial rental space to be used for the purposes of the Business Incubator Program; (b) UOG-SBDC means the University of Guam Small Business Development Center; (c) GEDA …

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(a) The Board shall select on-site management for the Incubator to ensure that all tenants have fair and equal access to the equipment and resources of the Incubator for their use. The on-site manager shall be paid by joint funding of the tenants and shall be chosen by majority a…

The Board shall be responsible for developing and adopting rules and regulations for the Guam Small Business Incubator Program to ensure the Incubator's goals are carried out.

The Incubator shall provide the following services: (a) Office Space. The Board shall make a determination of the program size, including a maximum number of clients for the program. After such a determination is made, the Board shall then set an adequate amount of office space f…

(a) The Incubator may receive, manage and invest monies or other property, real personal or mixed, which may be given, bequeathed, devised COL120106 or in any manner received by the incubator, its improvement or adornment, or the aid or advantage of its clients or staff, and in g…

As used in this Chapter: (a) Board means the Guam Research Review Board. (b) Investigator means any individual, public or private entity, or agency engaged in or purposing to engage in research subject to regulation. (c) Legally authorized representative means an individual or ju…

Members of the Board shall be consistent with the University of Guam=s Committee on Human Subjects and Research which is: three (3) or four (4) professional research proficient experts from the University of Guam; at least one (1) Guam community representative; at least one (1) l…

The purpose of the Board is to review, approve, require modifications to secure approval or disapprove all research subject to regulation.

The Board shall have and exercise each and all of the following powers: (a) review and have authority to approve, require modifications to secure approval or disapprove all research activities covered by the rules and regulations; (b) require documentation of informed consent of …

The proposals, plans, procedures and protocols for all proposed research subject to regulation shall be submitted to the Board for review, approval, modification or disapproval. No research subject to regulation shall be conducted without Board approval. The plans, procedures and…

No investigator may involve a human being in research subject to regulation unless the investigator has obtained the legally effective informed consent of the subject, or the subject's legally authorized representative. An investigator shall seek such consent only under circumsta…

In order to approve research subject to regulation, the Board shall determine that all the following requirements are satisfied: (a) Risks to subject are minimized: (i) by using procedures which are consistent with sound research design and which do not unnecessarily expose subje…

If application for approval is denied for a research proposal, investigators may appeal to the Dean of the Graduate School and Research. The Dean will appoint an ad hoc committee for a second, independent review of the research project. The findings of the ad hoc committee are to…

Upon determination of the Review Board through the approved rules and regulations, any investigator, research sponsor or their agents, which conducts research subject to regulation in violation of this Chapter shall be subject to a fine of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per eac…

There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund a total of Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00) for the purpose of hiring one (1) clerical staff and other accommodations necessary to assist with the function of COL120106 processing applications. This appropriation shall continu…

(a) I Liheslaturan Guåhan finds that the goal of Educator Certification is to determine whether those individuals responsible for the education of children are competent to perform their duties as teachers, guidance counselors or school administrators. (b) I Liheslaturan Guåhan f…

(a) The purpose of this Chapter is to establish a system of professional development, professional standards, certification and evaluation that serves to continually improve the quality of instruction for Guam’s children so that they are equipped to work and succeed in an ever-ch…

In this Subchapter, “Commission” means the Guam Commission for Educator Certification.

(a) There is hereby established the Guam Commission for Educator Certification to consist of seven (7) voting members appointed by I Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan with the advice and consent of I Liheslaturan Guåhan, as specified in subsections (1) to (5), inclusive. The Commissio…

In the event of a vacancy, I Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan shall appoint a replacement in the same class of the member that vacated his or her position on the Board for a term of three (3) years.

The Commission shall elect one (1) of its members to serve as presiding officer for a term of two (2) years. The presiding officer is entitled to vote on all matters before the Commission. The Commission may elect other officers from among its membership.

A Commission member shall receive compensation for serving on the Commission in the amount of Fifty Dollars ($50) for each Commission meeting attended. A member is entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing functions as a member of the Comm…

The Commission shall meet as it deems appropriate and necessary to accomplish its duties, but shall meet no fewer than once each quarter. (a) The Commission shall meet at least once in each quarter of the calendar year. (b) The Commission may meet at other times at the call of th…

The Commission shall: (a) supervise the executive director’s performance; (b) approve an operating budget for the Commission and make a request to I Liheslatura for appropriations; (c) appoint members of any advisory committee to the Commission; COL 2026-04-23 (d) for each class …

The Chairperson of the Guam Commission for Educator Certification, upon his/her own initiative, upon the request of any member of the Commission, or upon the request of any party before the Commission, may summon in writing any person before a meeting of the Commission as a witne…

The Chairman shall designate an appropriate location for each Commission meeting. Notice of such locations shall be given pursuant to the provisions of Title 5, GCA, Chapter 8.

An emergency meeting of the Commission may be called by the Chairman. Notice of such meeting shall be communicated in the manner most likely to give the greatest amount of notice to the members: phone, facsimile, mail, or email. Notice to the public of emergency meetings shall be…

Executive Sessions of the Commission are closed meetings which may be held only as expressly authorized by Title 5, GCA, Chapter 8. Persons who may attend and subjects that may be discussed are also described in Title 5, GCA, Chapter 8. COL 2026-04-23

(a) The Chairman and the Executive Director determine the agenda for a Commission meeting. Final approval of the agenda lies with the Commission Chairman. Commission members should receive the agenda and supporting materials for an upcoming meeting at least ten (10) calendar days…

A quorum shall consist of four (4) voting members. Actions of the Commission shall be carried by a vote of not less than four (4) voting members.

The Chairman may sign on behalf of a majority of the Commission a decision or order issued in a disciplinary case relating to Commission disciplinary proceedings, including enforcement of the educator’s code of ethics. Members of the majority, however, retain discretion to sign a…

The Chairman and the Executive Director officially represent the Commission in communicating agency policy and procedures. This provision does not prohibit other Commission members from commenting publicly about the Commission in their individual capacities or expressing their pe…

(a) The Commission may adopt rules as necessary for its own procedures. (b) The Commission shall propose rules that: (1) provide for the regulation of educators and the general administration of this Chapter in a manner consistent with this Chapter; (2) specify the classes of edu…

The Commission shall develop and periodically review policies regarding the following: (a) Policies and procedures for stakeholder input on rule development. (b) Policies and procedures on accepting public testimony.

The Commission shall hire an Executive Director to manage the daily operations of the Commission. Such employment may be in either, (a) the unclassified service or (b) by employment contract. The term of employment shall not exceed five (5) years, but may be renewed by the Commis…

(a) The Commission primarily employs the Executive Director to implement Commission policies and to hire and supervise other staff. Although the relationship between the Executive Director and individual Commission members is collegial, the relationship of the Commission to the E…

The Commission shall annually evaluate the performance of the Executive Director.

The Commission shall be the Educator Certification authority for all Department of Education Educators no later than the earlier of the completion of a transition period following the enactment of this Chapter or October 1, 2008.