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GA Code § 20-2-833 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 17 - Teachers and Other School Personnel|Part 3 - Payment of Salaries|§ 20-2-833. Additional Payments to Supervisors of Student Teachers

  As used in this Code section, the term:   "Student teaching" means the full-time component of a teacher education program in which a student preparing for the education profession is jointly assigned by a teacher education institution and a school system, state operated school, or school operated by the United States Department of Defense on a military reservation for classroom experience and which is designated in a teacher education program approved by the Professional Standards Commission as student teaching or internship.   "Supervising teacher" means a public school teacher who is employed by a local board of education, state operated school, or school operated by the United States Department of Defense on a military reservation and who is designated to provide professional supervisory services in the supervision of a specific student teacher.   "Supervising teacher services certificate" or "teacher support specialist certificate" means a supplementary certificate available from the Professional Standards Commission to persons who have completed a supervising teacher or teacher support specialist program approved by the commission.     The Professional Standards Commission shall establish minimum requirements to be met by each supervising teacher or teacher support specialist.   The Department of Education shall make payments to supervising teachers or teacher support specialists for each quarter or semester in which services are provided by such personnel as determined by the Professional Standards Commission and in the following amounts:   A teacher who meets the minimum requirements established pursuant to subsection (b) of this Code section and holds a valid supervising teacher or teacher support specialist certificate shall receive $750.00 for each such quarter or semester; and   A teacher who meets the minimum requirements established pursuant to subsection (b) of this Code section but does not hold a valid supervising teacher or teacher support specialist certificate shall receive $50.00 for each such quarter or semester.     Payments made under this Code section shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any compensation otherwise payable to supervising teachers or teacher support specialists.Such payments shall be made from funds appropriated or otherwise available to the Department of Education.In the event that in any fiscal year sufficient funds are not appropriated or available to make the full amount of all payments provided for in this Code section, the payment to each supervising teacher or teacher support specialist shall be reduced pro rata.     (Code 1981, §20-2-833, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 727, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 20; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1354, § 5; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1546, § 8; Ga. L. 2001, p. 4, § 20.)
GA Code § 20-2-851 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 17 - Teachers and Other School Personnel|Part 4 - Sick, Personal, and Maternity Leave|§ 20-2-851. Use of Accumulated Sick Leave for Personal or Professional Reasons

 During any school year, personnel may utilize up to a maximum of three days of any accumulated sick leave for the purpose of absenting themselves from their duties for personal or professional reasons if prior approval of their absence is given by the local school superintendent or his authorized representative; provided, however, that the absence is not in conflict with a local board of education policy concerning school days on which the presence of the personnel requesting absence is essential for effective school operation. No grant of approval for an absence permitted under this Code section shall be conditioned upon disclosure of the specific purpose for which such absence is sought, nor shall any such grant of approval be withheld or denied because of the failure or refusal of personnel to disclose the specific purpose for which such an absence is sought; provided, however, that personnel may be requested to state whether the absence is sought under the category of "personal" or "professional" absence.   (Ga. L. 1970, p. 459, § 1; Ga. L. 1977, p. 798, § 1; Ga. L. 1980, p. 465, § 2.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 68 Am. Jur. 2d, Schools, § 188.   C.J.S.   - 78 C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 460.   ALR.   - Dismissal of public school teacher because of unauthorized absence or tardiness, 78 A.L.R.3d 117.
GA Code § 20-2-852.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 17 - Teachers and Other School Personnel|Part 4 - Sick, Personal, and Maternity Leave|§ 20-2-852.1. Paternity or Maternity Time Off for Adoptive Parents

 A local board of education that permits paternity or maternity time off for biological parents following the birth of a child shall, upon request, make such time off available for individuals adopting a child, in the same manner and utilizing the same type of leave.If the local board of education has established a policy providing time off for biological parents, that period of time shall be the minimum period of leave available for adoptive parents.Requests for additional leave due to the adoption of an ill child or a child with a disability shall be considered on the same basis as comparable cases of such complications accompanying the birth of such a child to an employee or employee's spouse.Any other benefits provided by the local board of education, such as job guarantee or pay, shall be available to both adoptive and biological parents on an equal basis.A local board of education shall not penalize an employee for exercising the rights provided by this Code section.The provisions of this Code section shall not apply to an adoption by the spouse of a custodial parent.    (Code 1981, §20-2-852.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 19, § 3-1/HB 159.)   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2018 enactment of this Code section, see 35 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 77 (2018).
GA Code § 20-2-853 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 17 - Teachers and Other School Personnel|Part 4 - Sick, Personal, and Maternity Leave|§ 20-2-853. Accumulation of and Payment for Additional Days of Unused Sick Leave

  Personnel who have accumulated 45 days of unused sick leave may accumulate additional days of unused sick leave during each school year for the purpose of receiving the payments provided for in subsection (b) of this Code section.   Beginning with the 1988-89 school year and continuing each school year thereafter, personnel who have accumulated 45 days of unused sick leave and who then accumulate additional days of unused sick leave during a school year as authorized by Code Section 20-2-850 and who:   Have used no sick leave in that school year shall receive the state contribution for all those additional days of unused sick leave; or   Have used only one day of those additional days of sick leave in that school year  shall receive $50.00 for all those additional days of unused sick leave. The payment for such additional unused sick leave which is accumulated during a school year shall be paid to such personnel at the end of that school year.        (Code 1981, §20-2-853, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1496, § 3; Ga. L. 1989, p. 14, § 20; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 20.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1989, "subsection (b)" was substituted for "subsection (c)" in subsection (a).   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Entitlement limited to teachers.    - State law entitlement to payments for unused sick leave is limited to teachers and does not include administrative and other personnel in view of the reference in O.C.G.A. § 20-2-850(c) to O.C.G.A. § 20-2-182(f) (now a reference to § 20-2-182(g)), which applies only to "teachers." 1989 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 89-21.   Payments dependent upon appropriations.   - Neither the State Board of Education nor the local boards of education are obligated to make payments to teachers for unused sick leave if the General Assembly fails to appropriate adequate funds to make such payments. 1989 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 89-21.   Adoption of policies by local boards.   - Local boards of education are not prohibited from adopting policies providing for payments for unused sick leave, so long as the cost of implementing and maintaining such policies is paid entirely from local, as opposed to state, funds. 1989 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 89-21.
GA Code § 20-2-870 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 17 - Teachers and Other School Personnel|Part 5 - Jury Leave for Teachers|§ 20-2-870. Right to Leave for Jury Duty or When Subpoenaed to Testify in Case Arising From Duties as Teacher; Teacher Not to Pay Substitute; Retention of Juror's Compensation

 Each person employed as a teacher in any public school of this state shall be allowed a leave of absence without loss of pay and without deduction of any amounts otherwise received as compensation for service as a teacher, for the purpose of attending any court as a juror or when subpoenaed to testify in a case arising out of the person's duties as a teacher, such as the reporting of child abuse required by Code Section 19-7-5. Any teacher who serves as a juror or witness as provided in this Code section shall not have the jury or witness leave deducted from sick, personal, or professional leave. No teacher utilizing jury or witness leave under this Code section shall be required to pay the cost of employing a substitute teacher to serve in his absence on such jury or witness leave, and local boards of education may adopt policies regarding the retention by teachers of the compensation for serving on a jury.   (Ga. L. 1977, p. 800, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 498, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Jury service generally, T. 15, C. 12.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 50A C.J.S., Juries, § 351.
GA Code § 20-2-930 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 17 - Teachers and Other School Personnel|Part 6A - Professional Liability Insurance|§ 20-2-930. Professional Liability Insurance Coverage for Teachers and Other School Personnel

  For purposes of this Code section, the term:   "Certificated personnel" means all teachers, principals, and other education personnel certificated by the Professional Standards Commission.   "Student teacher" means a college or university student in an education degree program in a unit of the University System of Georgia or in a private postsecondary institution who, as part of the degree program, is in a local school system in a classroom setting providing instruction to students and being mentored by a teacher.     The Department of Administrative Services shall be authorized to purchase or provide a policy or policies of professional liability insurance, subject to appropriations by the General Assembly, insuring certificated personnel who are employed by a local school system and student teachers. Such policy or policies shall protect against damages arising out of the performance of their duties or in any way connected therewith. The amount of such insurance and the appropriate coverages shall be in the discretion of the Department of Administrative Services, subject to specific appropriations by the General Assembly.   Insurance coverage provided pursuant to this Code section shall automatically cover all certificated personnel who are employed by a local school system and student teachers and shall be at no cost to such certificated personnel or student teachers.   The program of insurance under this part shall be administered by the Department of Administrative Services and such department shall be authorized to promulgate any necessary rules and regulations to implement such program.   The program of insurance shall be effective for insurance coverage of certificated personnel and student teachers no later than July 1, 2005.     (Code 1981, §20-2-930, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 717, § 3/SB 34.)   Law reviews.   - For article on 2005 enactment of this Code section, see 22 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 83 (2005).
GA Code § 20-2-941 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 17 - Teachers and Other School Personnel|Part 7 - Termination, Suspension, Nonrenewal, Demotion, or Reprimand|§ 20-2-941. Notice of Nonrenewal of Contract of Employment for Ensuing Year

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1657, § 2, effective July 1, 1986.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 1975, p. 360, § 2.
GA Code § 20-2-943 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 17 - Teachers and Other School Personnel|Part 7 - Termination, Suspension, Nonrenewal, Demotion, or Reprimand|§ 20-2-943. Powers of Local Boards of Education Under This Part

  In exercising its powers in the enforcement of due process under this part, a local board of education shall be authorized:   Under Code Section 20-2-940 to:   Terminate the contract of the teacher or other school employee;   Suspend a teacher or other school employee without pay for a period of time not to exceed 60 days. In such event, the teacher or employee shall provide no services for the school system and shall receive no compensation but shall be considered an employee on suspended status; or   Reinstate a teacher or other school employee in the event the teacher or school employee has been temporarily relieved from duty in accordance with this part;     Under Code Section 20-2-942 to:   Nonrenew a teacher's or other school employee's contract;   Renew a teacher's or other school employee's contract; or   Demote a teacher or other school employee from one position in the school system to another position in the school system having less responsibility, prestige, and salary.       Nothing in this part shall be construed as depriving local boards of education and other school officials from assigning and reassigning teachers and other certificated professional employees from one school to another or from assigning and reassigning teachers to teach different classes or subjects.    (Ga. L. 1975, p. 360, § 4.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 68 Am. Jur. 2d, Schools, §§ 219 et seq., 249.   C.J.S.   - 78 C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, §§ 362 et seq., 374, 378, 390 et seq.   ALR.    - Compensation of tenure teacher, 154 A.L.R. 148.   Termination of teacher's tenure status by resignation, 9 A.L.R.4th 729.   Validity, construction, and effect of municipal residency requirements for teachers, principals, and other school employees, 75 A.L.R.4th 272.
GA Code § 20-2-944 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 17 - Teachers and Other School Personnel|Part 7 - Termination, Suspension, Nonrenewal, Demotion, or Reprimand|§ 20-2-944. Letters of Reprimand

 A local school superintendent may write a letter of reprimand to a teacher or other school employee for any valid reason. A copy of the letter of reprimand is to remain in the teacher's or employee's permanent personnel file, and the teacher or employee receiving such a letter of reprimand shall have the right to appeal the decision of the superintendent to the local board of education, the hearing to be conducted according to this part. The local board shall have the right either to affirm the decision of the superintendent or to reverse it. If the decision of the local board is to reverse it, the letter of reprimand shall be removed from the teacher's or employee's permanent personnel file.   (Ga. L. 1975, p. 360, § 5.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 209 et seq.
GA Code § 20-2-945 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 17 - Teachers and Other School Personnel|Part 7 - Termination, Suspension, Nonrenewal, Demotion, or Reprimand|§ 20-2-945. Rules and Regulations

 The State Board of Education and local boards of education may adopt rules and regulations to implement this part not inconsistent with this part.   (Ga. L. 1975, p. 360, § 6.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 68 Am. Jur. 2d, Schools, §§ 83, 84.   C.J.S.   - 78 C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, §§ 196, 197.
GA Code § 20-2-946 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 17 - Teachers and Other School Personnel|Part 7 - Termination, Suspension, Nonrenewal, Demotion, or Reprimand|§ 20-2-946. Boards of Education Subject to This Part

 This part shall apply to boards of education of all public school systems in this state.   (Ga. L. 1975, p. 360, § 8; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 53.)
GA Code § 20-2-947 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 17 - Teachers and Other School Personnel|Part 7 - Termination, Suspension, Nonrenewal, Demotion, or Reprimand|§ 20-2-947. Part Does Not Authorize Contracts of Employment

 Nothing in this part shall be construed as authorizing a local board of education to enter into contracts with any employees for definite terms where such contracts are not already authorized by existing law or by laws to be enacted hereafter, separately from this part.   (Ga. L. 1975, p. 360, § 7.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 68 Am. Jur. 2d, Schools, §§ 150 et seq., 169 et seq., 180 et seq., 190.   C.J.S.   - 78 C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 316 et seq.
GA Code § 20-2-948 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 17 - Teachers and Other School Personnel|Part 7 - Termination, Suspension, Nonrenewal, Demotion, or Reprimand|§ 20-2-948. Reduction in Force Policies

  A local board of education shall not adopt or implement a policy that allows length of service to be the primary or sole determining factor when implementing a reduction in force. The local board shall consider as the primary factor the performance of the educator, one measure of which may be student academic performance.   Any policy that does not comply with subsection (a) of this Code section shall be considered invalid and the State Board of Education shall be authorized to take action to withhold all or any portion of state funds in accordance with Code Section 20-2-243.   This Code section shall not apply if a local board of education eliminates an entire program.     (Code 1981, §20-2-948, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 1037, § 2/SB 184.)
GA Code § 20-2-960 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 17 - Teachers and Other School Personnel|Part 8 - Bonds and Accounts of Principals|§ 20-2-960. Bonds Required; Conditions; Payment of Premiums; Applicability of Chapter 4 of Title 45

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2012, p. 358, § 36/HB 706, effective July 1, 2012.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 1959, p. 159, §§ 1, 4.
GA Code § 20-2-961 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 17 - Teachers and Other School Personnel|Part 8 - Bonds and Accounts of Principals|§ 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 in this state and in a sufficient quantity as will satisfy the needs of that particular system.   (Ga. L. 1959, p. 159, § 2.)
GA Code § 20-2-962 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 17 - Teachers and Other School Personnel|Part 8 - Bonds and Accounts of Principals|§ 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 of the complete property inventory of the school. The local board may at any time during the school year inspect all receipts, expenditures, and property of each public school.   (Ga. L. 1959, p. 159, § 3; Ga. L. 1988, p. 612, § 15.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 264.   C.J.S.   - 78A C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 728.
GA Code § 20-2-963 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 17 - Teachers and Other School Personnel|Part 8 - Bonds and Accounts of Principals|§ 20-2-963. Certain Public School Systems Excluded From Part

 Repealed by Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 53, effective July 1, 1983.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 1959, p. 159, § 5.
GA Code § 20-2-980 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 17 - Teachers and Other School Personnel|Part 9 - Providing Uniforms|§ 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 access to school campuses and promoting the public health and the safety of students.   (Code 1933, § 32-942.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1462, § 1.)   Code Commission notes.   - Ga. L. 1978, p. 1462, § 1 enacted former Code 1933, § 32-942.1. However, since another Act had previously been enacted under that section number, Ga. L. 1978, p. 1462, § 1 was codified as former Code 1933, § 32-942.2.
GA Code § 20-2-981 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 17 - Teachers and Other School Personnel|Part 10 - Professional Standards|§ 20-2-981. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Professional Standards Act."    (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.)