{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-20-2-982","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 20-2-982","heading":"Purpose.","body":"The following constitute the major purposes of this part:\n(1) To simplify and make more efficient the process of certifying educational personnel in Georgia;\n(2) To attract the highest possible number of qualified personnel to become educators in Georgia;\n(3) To promote the hiring of qualified educators from other states to work in Georgia schools;\n(4) To improve the level of preparation of educators, both pre-service and in-service, by requiring for purposes of certification those essential skills and that knowledge needed to deliver effective education;\n(5) To adopt standards of professional performance and a code of professional ethics for educators, both of which shall represent standards of performance and conduct which are generally accepted by educators of this state;\n(6) To investigate reports of specified criminal conduct, violations of professional or ethical codes of conduct, and violations of certain rules, regulations, and policies by school system educators;\n(7) To enforce the requirement that local school systems promptly report specified criminal conduct of school system educators to the commission; and\n(8) To impose disciplinary action or a denial of a certificate against an educator.","path":["TITLE 20 Education","CHAPTER 2 Elementary and Secondary Education","Article 17 Teachers and Other School Personnel","PART 10 Professional Standards"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.20.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"adffa0a08b3a28ee4ac0adf16a8c5f50ce479b82e92fe7f18b10086232385e5f","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-20-2-981","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-20-2-982.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}