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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' TENURE

     Introduced By: Representatives McNamara, Serpa, Corvese, Ruggiero, and Noret

     Date Introduced: February 02, 2022

     Referred To: House Education

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Chapter 16-13 of the General Laws entitled "Teachers' Tenure" is hereby

amended by adding thereto the following section:

     16-13-9. Termination for cause.

     (a) Whenever a teacher is terminated for cause by a school committee, the school

committee shall, within sixty (60) days of the termination, furnish the Rhode Island department of

elementary and secondary education with the identity of the terminated teacher.

     (b) The department shall maintain a list of those teachers who have been terminated for

cause and shall update the list monthly to include the names of any additional teachers identity

submitted by the school committee. The list of terminated teachers shall be accessible to the hiring

authority of any private, parochial, charter or public school.

     (c) The list of terminated teachers shall not be subject to the "access to public records act"

(APRA) set forth in chapter 2 of title 38. This section shall not abrogate or modify any existing

statutory or common law privileges or immunities.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' TENURE

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     This act would require a school committee to submit the identity of any teacher terminated

for cause to the Rhode Island department of education. The act would also require the department

to allow access to the list by the hiring authority of any private, parochial, charter or public school.

The list of terminated teachers would not be subject to the "access to public records act" (APRA).

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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