(a) The commission may

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 14.20.470

  • action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • board: means the state Board of Education and Early Development. See Alaska Statutes 14.60.010
  • commissioner: means the commissioner of education and early development. See Alaska Statutes 14.60.010
  • 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
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
(1) study proposals developed by regular committees of any existing professional organization whose members are within the teaching profession;
(2) subpoena witnesses, place them under oath, and maintain written records;
(3) warn or reprimand members of the teaching profession, if in the judgment of the commission such action is warranted;
(4) suspend or revoke the certificate of a member of the teaching profession for one of the reasons set out in Alaska Stat. § 14.20.030 except that in the case of an administrator, the commissioner must concur;
(5) make any recommendation to the board or to school boards that will promote an improvement in the teaching profession;
(6) request assistance through any of the investigative processes of any existing professional teaching organizations when analyzing charges of breach of ethical or professional teaching practices;
(7) appoint an executive secretary, delegate those ministerial functions to the executive secretary as the commission may decide and set the executive secretary’s compensation with a starting salary not exceeding range 26, step B of the pay plan for state employees in Alaska Stat. § 39.27.011(a).
(b) A decision issued by the commission with the approval of the commissioner under (a)(4) of this section is final.