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Summer Food Service Program participants must repay disallowances using non-SFSP funds.

Early Care & Learning

The Petitioner, a participant in the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), was required to repay a debt to SFSP after the Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL) discovered that it exceeded its state-approved budget for store purchases.  DECAL subsequently sought to disqualify the Petitioner from the SFSP after the Petitioner failed to submit documentation […]

Summer Food Service Program participants must repay disallowances using non-SFSP funds. Read More

Peace officer certification revoked for unprofessional conduct, improper dealings with inmates.

Professional Licensing

The Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Council properly revoked the POST certification of a former corrections officer based on evidence that the officer possessed an unauthorized weapon (a shank) around violent inmates, gave special treatment to homosexual inmates, and allowed an inmate with a history of violence to accompany her during lockdown counts.

Peace officer certification revoked for unprofessional conduct, improper dealings with inmates. Read More

Superior Court upholds OSAH Decision on Outdoor Advertising Control Act.

Outdoor Advertising

The Fulton County Superior Court affirmed an OSAH Judge’s Decision holding that LED signs located behind glass panes on a building and visible to the outside public were subject to regulation under the Outdoor Advertising Control Act.  The Superior Court also concurred with the OSAH Judge’s holding that the LED signs were “multiple message signs” under the

Superior Court upholds OSAH Decision on Outdoor Advertising Control Act. Read More

Hearsay within hearsay was not admissible under the business/public records exception.

Public Health

Although inspection reports and a sheriff’s report could be admissible under the business and/or public records exceptions to the hearsay rule, the statements from third parties within those reports did not fall under those exceptions and, as they did not fit under other exceptions to the hearsay rule, they were inadmissible.

Hearsay within hearsay was not admissible under the business/public records exception. Read More

State could not rely on documentation of criminal conviction to meet its burden in administrative case.

Educators

The Professional Standards Commission sought to sanction an educator’s certificate based, in part, on her alleged violation of the standards governing honesty, confidentiality, and required reports.  However, the Commission introduced no evidence in support of the allegations at the hearing, but instead relied on the Indictment and Final Disposition from the educator’s criminal trial.  The

State could not rely on documentation of criminal conviction to meet its burden in administrative case. Read More

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