Regulations (Definitions)
Under the Educator Discipline Act (24 P.S. §§2070.1 et
seq. ), the Commission is vested with the power to discipline educators,
which includes public and private certificated educators, charter and cyber charter school staff
members and contracted educational provider staff members. In Chapter
237, Title 22 of the Pennsylvania Code, the Commission adopted
regulations defining terms found in section 5 of the Act. The terms defined
include: immorality, incompetency, intemperance, cruelty, negligence and moral
turpitude. 22 Pa. Code §237. These definitions, in addition to judicial
and Commission interpretations thereof, guide the Commission in its
decision-making.