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SB 612 - Guidelines for Teacher Suspension - Key Vote

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Stewart Greenleaf voted Yea (Passage) on this legislation.

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Legislation - Referred to Committee (House) -
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (38-12) - (Key vote)

Title: Guidelines for Teacher Suspension

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes guidelines for the suspension of teachers and other professional employees within a school district.

Highlights:
-Authorizes any board of school directors to suspend professional employees for any of the following reasons (Sec. 1):
    -A substantial decrease in pupil enrollment in the school district; -Curtailment or alteration of the educational program as a result of a substantial decline in enrollment; -Consolidation of schools, when such consolidation makes it unnecessary to retain the full staff of professional employees; -Reorganization of school districts, when such reorganization makes it unnecessary to retain the full staff of professional employees; or -Economic reasons, as part of a plan to reduce or control school district costs.
-Prohibits school districts from using economic reasons as the sole factor in determining which professional employees to suspend (Sec. 1). -Requires a board of school directors to suspend professional employees in inverse order of seniority, unless an employee's 2 most recent performance reviews were unsatisfactory and the employee had an opportunity to complete a performance improvement plan prior to the most recent unsatisfactory review, in which case the board may suspend without regard to seniority (Sec. 2). -Authorizes a school to reinstate a suspended professional employee at any time (Sec. 2). -Requires a board of school directors to provide, at a public meeting, a resolution containing the following information prior to suspending any professional employees (Sec. 1):
    -The reason for the suspension; -The number and percentage of teachers to be suspended; -The number and percentage of administrative staff to be suspended; -The number and percentage of positions eliminated and a description of each position eliminated; -The academic subjects, courses, electives and nonacademic activities that will be affected by the suspension; -A description of other cost-saving actions undertaken by the school district; and -The measures the school district will take to minimize any impact on student achievement caused by a suspension of employees.
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Title: Guidelines for Teacher Suspension

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