Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(1) incompetency, which is defined as the inability or the unintentional or intentional failure to perform the teacher’s customary teaching duties in a satisfactory manner;(2) immorality, which is defined as the commission of an act which, under the laws of the state, constitutes a crime involving moral turpitude;(3) substantial noncompliance with the school laws of the state or the regulations of the department; or(4) upon a determination by the Professional Teaching Practices Commission that there has been a violation of ethical or professional standards or contractual obligations.(b) The commissioner or the Professional Teaching Practices Commission shall revoke for life the certificate of a person who has been convicted of a crime, or an attempt, solicitation, or conspiracy to commit a crime, involving a minor under Alaska Stat. § 11.41.410 – 11.41.460, Alaska Stat. § 11.61.125, or 11.61.127, or a law or ordinance in another jurisdiction with elements similar to an offense described in this subsection.(c) The commissioner or the Professional Teaching Practices Commission shall request the chief administrative law judge (Alaska Stat. § 44.64.020), to appoint an administrative law judge employed by the office of administrative hearings to preside at a hearing conducted under this section. Alaska Stat. § 44.64.060 and 44.64.070 do not apply to the hearing.
