Respondent determined that Petitioner’s felony shoplifting conviction in 2001 precluded approval of her application to operate a family day care home. The Judge found that Petitioner’s character and subsequent employment history sufficiently mitigated the offense.
Felony conviction did not bar operation of family day care home. Read More
Petitioner compromised the integrity of the CRCT assessment by telling students that she saw incorrect answers on their exams. Based on this violation of the GA Code of Ethics for Education, the Court found Petitioner’s conduct warranted suspension of her teaching certificate. However, given that she did not identify wrong answers to students, the Court
Teacher violates Code of Ethics by alerting students to incorrect answers on the CRCT. Read More
The Director of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division, pursuant to his authority under Georgia’s Hazardous Site Remediation Act (“HSRA”), sought to enforce a previously-issued administrative order requiring Georgetown Athens, LLC to submit a compliance status report and a corrective action plan. Georgetown Athens disputed that it is a current owner and thus a responsible party
Hazardous Site Remediation Act: Judge upholds director’s administrative order. Read More
Petitioner appealed Willie Saunder’s eligibility to run for judge of the Superior Court of Augusta. Petitioner argued Saunders was ineligible to seek office because Saunders defaulted on federal taxes for the tax years 2004-2009. However, the candidate showed that he was making payments to the tax authority pursuant to a payment plan. Thus, he was
Individual is eligible to run for superior court judge. Read More
Petitioner, a licensed ambulance service provider, appeals the Department of Public Health’s decision to place its service license on probation and impose a fine. Emergency medical service in Georgia is zoned and providers are designated to certain geographic areas. The City of Kennesaw chose Petitioner as its designated service provider, but did not get permissions
Petitioner is a youth committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice. The Department revoked Petitioner’s community placement for failure to comply with the conditions of his placement. Petitioner has been sanctioned for a total of five placement violations, including his failure to provide a urine sample for purposes of random drug testing on two occasions.
Minor’s failure to adhere to conditions of DJJ community placement resulted in revocation. Read More
