Petitioner’s food stamp benefits were properly terminated for failure to complete a continued eligibility review because he knew of his telephone interview appointment, understood that he would be unable to receive the call due to poor cell phone reception, and did not contact his reviewer to reschedule his appointment.
Food stamp benefits terminated for failure to complete review. Read More
The Professional Standards Commission was authorized to suspend Petitioner’s teaching license for tampering with student attendance data for purposes of meeting Georgia’s Adequate Yearly Progress assessment. However, the suspension was modified from one year to sixty days because (1) years have passed since the incident without evidence of any further misconduct; (2) she has already
The Professional Standards Commission (PSC) is authorized to sanction an educator’s teaching certificate due to a conviction for misdemeanor drug possession. Mitigating circumstances, however, justified a reduction of the sanction from revocation to a ninety day suspension followed by a monitoring period.
Drug possession conviction results in suspension, not revocation, of teaching certificate. Read More
Where a contract provides for two methods of payment, the Care Management Organization is permitted to compensate the hospital at the lower rate and recoup payments made at the higher rate as erroneous.
Contract provisions prevail when terms are clear for recoupment. Read More
The Department of Public Safety properly fined Petitioners, a trucking company and its driver. Petitioners were operating a trailer with axles’ lengths shorter by a half a foot than their permit allowed, resulting in an uneven distribution of weight.
Fine for non-compliance with truck permit. Read More
The Department of Public Safety’s Motor Carrier Compliance Division (MCCD) improperly invalidated Petitioner’s permit to operate a self-propelled crane and assessed a fine. The weighing officer with MCCD had determined that the vehicle was overweight and out of compliance because the contents of an attached metal box, as well as the counter weights used to
Crane found to be weight compliant because added load necessary for safe operation. Read More
