Chapter 317
2009 -- H 5509 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 11/13/09
A N A C T
RELATING TO
EDUCATION
Introduced By: Representatives Gallison, and Corvese
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
committees 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 committees of
the city of
person who has served more than one previous consecutive year.
The respective school
committees of the city of
the year 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
committees of the city of
and the town of
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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LC01296/SUB A
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