{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-14.20.470","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 14.20.470","heading":"Powers of commission.","body":"(a) The commission may\n(1) study proposals developed by regular committees of any existing professional organization whose members are within the teaching profession;\n(2) subpoena witnesses, place them under oath, and maintain written records;\n(3) warn or reprimand members of the teaching profession, if in the judgment of the commission such action is warranted;\n(4) suspend or revoke the certificate of a member of the teaching profession for one of the reasons set out in AS 14.20.030 except that in the case of an administrator, the commissioner must concur;\n(5) make any recommendation to the board or to school boards that will promote an improvement in the teaching profession;\n(6) request assistance through any of the investigative processes of any existing professional teaching organizations when analyzing charges of breach of ethical or professional teaching practices;\n(7) appoint an executive secretary, delegate those ministerial functions to the executive secretary as the commission may decide and set the executive secretary's compensation with a starting salary not exceeding range 26, step B of the pay plan for state employees in AS 39.27.011(a).\n(b) A decision issued by the commission with the approval of the commissioner under (a)(4) of this section is final.","path":["Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums.","Chapter 20. Teachers and School Personnel.","Article 5. Professional Teaching Practices Act."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#14.20.470","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:17:00Z","sha256":"1489fd34e60f48068ee0e7b8bf55d38e9824f9ef2451ce7322f8a5348e344299","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-14.20.460","next":"us-ak/as-14.20.475"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}