§ 20-2-987. Professional Standards Commission — Executive Secretary; Employees’ Membership in State Retirement Systems; Transfer of Property and Employees to Commission; Commission Substitute for Department of Education
The commission shall appoint an executive secretary who shall serve as the secretary and executive officer of the commission. Such executive secretary shall be compensated in an amount fixed by the commission. The executive secretary shall have the authority to employ such professional and clerical personnel as may be necessary to carry out the duties […]
§ 20-2-961. Preparation and Distribution of Forms or Books for Principals’ Accounts
The Department of Education shall prepare forms or books, or both, in which shall be kept the accounting of the funds and property by principals of public schools as provided for in this part. Such forms or books, or both, shall be distributed, free of charge, by the department to each local board of education […]
§ 20-2-962. Quarterly Reports by Principals; Audits by Local Boards
The principal of each public school shall make a quarterly report to the local board of education immediately upon the end of each quarter of the fiscal year, and such report shall contain an account of all receipts and expenditures of such funds during the past quarter. The principal shall also make an annual report […]
§ 20-2-922. Employer and Employee Commencement Dates; Option to Reject or Elect Coverage
On a date as soon as practicable, as determined by the board, which is defined as the “employer commencement date,” the commissioner shall notify the State School Superintendent and local school superintendents that the employer payments shall commence on such date. The State School Superintendent shall notify the employees that employee payments will commence on […]
§ 20-2-980. Expenditures for Uniforms for Maintenance, Food Service, or Custodial Personnel
The board of education of each county school system is authorized to expend its educational funds for the purpose of providing uniforms for its school maintenance, food service, or custodial personnel. Expenditures for such purposes shall be for educational purposes by facilitating the identification of school maintenance, food service, or custodial personnel, thereby controlling unauthorized […]
§ 20-2-923. Option of Local Boards as to Coverage
Local school boards shall have the option to determine whether or not the public school employees within their respective systems shall be covered under this subpart. History. Ga. L. 1975, p. 1194, § 13; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1538, § 7.
§ 20-2-981. Short Title
This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Georgia Professional Standards Act.” History. Ga. L. 1976, p. 966, § 1; Code 1981, § 20-2-981 , enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 836, § 2; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1546, § 1.
§ 20-2-924. Administrative Discharge of Certain Debts
It is the purpose of this Code section to authorize a procedure whereby the commissioner of community health may administratively discharge a debt or obligation due the health insurance fund for public school employees when the amount is $400.00 or less and: It is manifest that the debt or obligation is uncollectable; or The costs […]
§ 20-2-982. Purpose
The following constitute the major purposes of this part: To simplify and make more efficient the process of certifying educational personnel in Georgia; To attract the highest possible number of qualified personnel to become educators in Georgia; To promote the hiring of qualified educators from other states to work in Georgia schools; To improve the […]
§ 20-2-925. Confidentiality of Claim Forms and Records
Claim forms and other records which would disclose the nature of the health services provided to an insured shall be maintained on a confidential basis by the health insurance plan. No person shall disclose such records or information to any other person except as necessary for the proper administration of the health insurance plan. History. […]