Chapter 316
2009 -- S 0395 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 11/13/09
A N A C T
RELATING TO EDUCATION
Introduced By: Senator Louis P. DiPalma
Date Introduced: February 12, 2009
It is enacted by the
General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 16-12-6 of the General Laws in Chapter
16-12 entitled "Rights and
Duties of Teachers
Generally" is hereby amended to read as follows:
16-12-6. Dismissal
of teachers -- Special rules as to
Dismissal of teachers. -- The
school committee of any town may, on reasonable notice and
hearing, dismiss any teacher for refusal to conform to the
regulations made by the committee, or
for other just cause.; provided, however, the
respective school committee of the city of
Woonsocket and the town of
all teachers who have served in the schools under its
direction for the previous three (3)
consecutive school years; provided, that the respective school
committee of the city of
Woonsocket and the town of
served more than one previous consecutive year. The
respective school committee of the city of
Woonsocket and the town of
in the instance of teachers not employed at discretion,
and at any time in the instance of teachers
employed at discretion by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole
school committee for cause, which
may be a violation of law, flagrant or persistent
violation of the rules and regulations legally
prescribed by the school committee, inefficiency, incapacity,
insubordination, conduct
unbecoming a teacher, or other just cause; provided, that no
teacher shall be dismissed unless he
or she has received a written copy of the charge or
charges against him or her not less than thirty
(30) days before the meeting
at which the charge or charges are to be considered, and unless the
teacher if he or she so requests it has been given a hearing
before the school committee, and
unless the charge or charges has or have been admitted or
substantiated; and provided, further,
that nothing in this section shall prevent the retirement
of any teacher under a rule of the
respective school committee affecting marriage or for the
purpose of chapter 15 of this title; or
the retirement at the end of any school year of any
teacher whose services may no longer be
required by reason of the closing of schools or the
discontinuance of classes; and provided,
further, that the respective school committee of the city of
Cumberland may suspend any teacher for cause pending a hearing,
but that suspension shall not
involve loss of salary unless the cause is sufficient to
justify dismissal as provided in this section.
SECTION 2. Chapter 16-12 of the General Laws entitled
"Rights and Duties of Teachers
Generally" is hereby
amended by adding thereto the following section:
16-12-6.1.
Special rules as to
committee of the city of
to serve at its discretion all teachers who have served
in the schools under its direction for the
previous three (3) consecutive school years; provided, that
the respective school committee of the
city of
who has served more than one previous consecutive year.
The respective school committee of the
city of
employment in the instance of teachers not employed at discretion,
and at any time in the instance
of teachers employed at discretion by a two-thirds (2/3)
vote of the whole school committee for
cause, which may be a violation of law, flagrant or
persistent violation of the rules and
regulations legally prescribed by the school committee,
inefficiency, incapacity, insubordination,
conduct unbecoming a teacher, or other just cause; provided,
that no teacher shall be dismissed
unless he or she has received a written copy of the charge
or charges against him or her not less
than thirty (30) days before the meeting at which the
charge or charges are to be considered, and
unless the teacher, if he or she so requests it, has been
given a hearing before the school
committee, and unless the charge or charges has or have been
admitted or substantiated; and
provided, further, that nothing in this section shall prevent
the retirement of any teacher under a
rule of the respective school committee affecting marriage
or for the purpose of chapter 15 of this
title; or the retirement at the end of any school year of
any teacher whose services may no longer
be required by reason of the closing of schools or the
discontinuance of classes; and provided,
further, that the respective school committee of the city of
Cumberland may suspend any teacher for cause pending a
hearing, but that suspension shall not
involve loss of salary unless the cause is sufficient to
justify dismissal as provided in this section.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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