§ 20-1A-45. Valid Period for Records Check for Separated Employees
A satisfactory comprehensive records check determination shall be no longer valid for an employee or director who has been separated from employment for more than 180 consecutive days from an early care and education program or any program that received, either directly or indirectly, federal funds through the department for the care of children. History. […]
§ 20-1A-5. Impact of Transfer of Operations on Individuals
This chapter shall not be construed to impair or affect the rights of persons previously transferred to the Office of School Readiness who were members of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia created in Chapter 3 of Title 47 and who elected to continue membership in such retirement system in accordance with previous law. History. […]
§ 20-1A-31. Records Check Application for Potential Employees; Comprehensive Records Check Determination
A support center may furnish to the department a records check application for each potential employee of any licensed, commissioned, or permitted early care and education program. Before a person affiliated with a support center may become an employee of any licensed, commissioned, or permitted early care and education program, such person shall obtain a […]
§ 20-1A-6. Department to Succeed to Applicable Rules and Regulations
The department shall succeed to all rules, regulations, policies, procedures, and pending and finalized administrative orders of the Office of School Readiness which are in effect on September 30, 2004. Such rules, regulations, policies, and procedures shall remain in effect until amended, repealed, superseded, or nullified by the board or commissioner, as applicable. History. Code […]
§ 20-1A-32. Program License or Commission Applicants; Comprehensive Records Check Requirements; Change of Ownership
Accompanying any application for a new license or commission for an early care and education program, the applicant shall furnish to the department a records check application for the director and each employee. In lieu of such records check applications, the license applicant may submit evidence, satisfactory to the department, that such individual received a […]
§ 20-1A-7. Pre-Kindergarten Name Change Required in Publications, Posters, Banners, and Signs
Each newly printed publication, poster, banner, or sign created for the pre-kindergarten program by the department or a provider of pre-kindergarten services shall refer to the program as “Georgia’s Pre-K Program.” History. Code 1981, § 20-1A-7 , enacted by Ga. L. 2002, p. 1083, § 2; Ga. L. 2004, p. 645, § 1; Ga. L. […]
§ 20-1A-33. Notification to Applicant on Comprehensive Records Check
After being furnished the required records check application under Code Section 20-1A-32, the department shall notify the license, commission, or change of ownership applicant and the records check applicant in writing whether the department’s determination as to a potential director or potential employee is satisfactory or unsatisfactory. If the comprehensive records check determination was satisfactory […]
§ 20-1A-8. Transfer of Functions, Powers, Personnel, Equipment, and Assets to Department; Funding
Effective October 1, 2004, the department shall carry out all of the functions and exercise all of the powers formerly held by the Department of Human Resources (now known as the Department of Human Services) for the regulation and licensure of early care and education programs and any other functions as agreed upon by the […]
§ 20-1A-34. Check of Fingerprints on National Level; Satisfactory Determination Prior to Employment; Additional Records Checks; Retention of Fingerprints
The department shall receive a records check application, as may be required by the department and allowed under federal law, for any individual that cares for children through a program that receives, either directly or indirectly, federal funds through the department for the care of children. Upon receipt of such records check application, the department […]
§ 20-1A-9. Authority to License and Regulate Child Care Learning Centers and Family Child Care Learning Homes Transferred to Department
The department shall succeed to all rights and responsibilities relating to licensure and regulation of day-care centers (now known as child care learning centers), group day-care homes (now known as child care learning centers), and family day-care homes (now known as family child care learning homes), including such rules, regulations, policies, procedures, and pending and […]