Georgia Code
Part 7 - Termination, Suspension, Nonrenewal, Demotion, or Reprimand
§ 20-2-940. Grounds and Procedure for Terminating or Suspending Contract of Employment

A teacher, administrator, or other employee having a contract of employment for a definite term shall not have such contract terminated or suspended for refusal to alter a grade or grade report if the request to alter a grade or grade report was made without good and sufficient cause.
“You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that the evidence shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. So help you God.”
History. Ga. L. 1975, p. 360, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 300, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 20; Ga. L. 1994, p. 527, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 6, § 20; Ga. L. 1998, p. 750, § 2; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 3; Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 36/HB 24; Ga. L. 2012, p. 890, § 1/SB 153.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2011, “subject to Article 2” was substituted for “subject Article 2” in the last sentence of subsection (d).
Ga. L. 2012, p. 890, § 1/SB 253, amended subsection (d) of this Code section and in so doing omitted without expressing an intent to repeal or modify the amendment made to that subsection made by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 36/HB 24. The two amendments were not irreconcilably conflicting, and the amendment to subsection (d) of this Code section made by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 36/HB 24, was treated as not having been repealed by Ga. L. 2012, p. 890, § 1/SB 253. See Reeves v. Gay, 92 Ga. 309 (1893).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 1998, p. 750, § 11, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that all cases pending before the Professional Practices Commission on June 30, 1998, shall be transferred to the Professional Standards Commission, Part 10, Ch. 2, T. 10.
Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 16, not codified by the General Assembly, makes subsection (c) of this Code section applicable with respect to notices delivered on or after July 1, 2000.
Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 101/HB 24, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the 2011 amendment to this Code section shall apply to any motion made or hearing or trial commenced on or after January 1, 2013.
Law reviews.
For survey of 1985 Eleventh Circuit cases on civil constitutional law, see 37 Mercer L. Rev. 1253 (1986).
For annual survey of administrative law, see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 17 (1986).
For survey of 1987 Eleventh Circuit cases on administrative law, see 39 Mercer L. Rev. 1057 (1988).
For survey article on education law for the period from June 1, 2002 through May 31, 2003, see 55 Mercer L. Rev. 237 (2003).
For annual survey of law on labor and employment law, see 62 Mercer L. Rev. 181 (2010).
For article, “Evidence,” see 27 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 1 (2011).
For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (2011).
For comment, “Testing Our Teachers,” 61 Emory L.J. 1493 (2012).