What Georgia says
How this move starts
Georgia uses interstate reciprocity to evaluate a comparable out-of-state professional certificate, preparation, degree, experience and special Georgia requirements.
The decision point: Three years of successful full-time out-of-state experience is a key boundary between the Professional and Induction routes, while field comparability and unmet Georgia-specific requirements can change the issued certificate.
No blanket reciprocity claim
What this guide will not guess
A state pair alone cannot settle your exact credential, tests or timeline. Those answers can change with your license type, endorsements, preparation and experience. This page shows the reviewed Georgia rule; the free preview applies your first teaching details before checkout.
Your Texas record
Confirm exactly what you hold
Texas treats the online virtual certificate as the official certification record. The lookup includes current, expired and inactive certificates.
- •Current, expired and inactive Texas certificates
- •Certificate history when TEA has history attached to the record
- •An official-record date that should show the present date
Compact check
Use the regular out-of-state path
This pair is not currently a two-member compact route. Georgia's out-of-state rules control.
Check compact eligibilityYour likely order
- 1Create or use a MyPSC account and submit the online application
- 2Submit lawful-presence documentation and official transcripts
- 3Provide the out-of-state certificate or program-completion evidence
- 4Provide assessment scores and experience verification when applicable
- 5Pay the published processing fee
What can change the answer
- Three or more qualifying years can support a Professional certificate; less than three can lead to an Induction certificate
- Missing content-knowledge or literacy requirements may result in a one-year certificate with deficiencies
- Georgia issues only comparable fields and reciprocity applicants do not qualify for Provisional certification in the reciprocity field
The records worth gathering first
Experience boundary
An otherwise qualified out-of-state educator with at least three years of successful full-time experience may qualify for a Georgia Professional certificate; an educator with less than three years may qualify for an Induction certificate.
Georgia-specific requirements
Unmet content-knowledge or literacy requirements can produce a one-year Non-Renewable Professional or one-year Induction certificate that must be cleared before extension.
Core evidence
Published guidance lists the MyPSC application, lawful-presence evidence, official transcripts, an out-of-state certificate or program verification, assessment scores and experience verification as applicable.
Processing fee
GaPSC's document guide lists a $20 MyPSC processing fee for the covered initial out-of-state teaching transactions; confirm the current amount at filing.
Your live case
Keep the TX → GA move in one place
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Texas to Georgia questions
Does a Texas teaching license automatically transfer to Georgia?
No. Your Texas credential is evidence for the application, but Georgia Professional Standards Commission decides which Georgia license, endorsements, tests and remaining conditions apply.
Can I use the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact from Texas to Georgia?
This is not currently a move between two listed compact member states. Use Georgia's regular out-of-state pathway unless the destination agency tells you a different route applies.
What should I gather before applying in Georgia?
Start with your current Texas license record, exact endorsements, preparation transcripts, experience verification and test history. Then follow the evidence requests in Georgia's application.
What does the $49 TeachPassport plan include?
It turns your credential, experience, subjects, grades and destination into an ordered live case. The one-time purchase includes future moves and requirement updates.