Respondent school district proposed that Petitioner, a child with special needs, receive extended school year (ESY) programming at the rate of 4.5 hours per day, three days per week, and assigned a different lead teacher than was assigned to Petitioner during the regular school year. Petitioner’s mother filed a Due Process Complaint, seeking four days […]
Petitioner, a classified employee, appealed her dismissal by her employer. The conclusory testimony of the employer’s HR Director to the effect that Petitioner had committed violations of Pathways and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities policies, uncorroborated by documentary evidence, was insufficient to support the decision to dismiss the employee
Insufficient evidence to support dismissal of classified employee. Read More
The Georgia Real Estate Commission was authorized to revoke the license of Petitioner, a real estate salesperson, after she conducted real estate transactions through her own unlicensed company, failed to deliver transaction documents to her broker, mishandled the money of her principals, received consideration from someone other than her broker, and failed to meet record-retention
Real estate salesperson’s license revoked for violations of state law. Read More
Petitioner, an elementary school teacher, engaged in a sexual relationship with an eighteen-year-old high school student who lived in her home. Petitioner’s conduct amounted to serious violations of the Code of Ethics for Educators and warranted revocation of her license.
Petitioner’s conduct in removing a wheelchair-bound resident from a room by force during potentially-hazardous cleaning operations did not amount to neglect. Petitioner exhausted reasonable alternatives before removing the resident and acted out of concern for the resident’s safety. Accordingly, the Department of Community Health (DCH) was not authorized to place a finding of neglect next
CNA Supervisor’s removal of a resident from dining room during cleaning was not neglect. Read More
Petitioner, a kindergarten teacher, did not alert her superiors after she noticed redness on a student’s arm and the student reported being spanked by her mother. However, Petitioner reported to a counselor that there was a small bruise on the student’s arm the following morning. Petitioner’s conduct did not breach the Code of Ethics for
No ethics violation where possible abuse reported within twenty-four hours. Read More
