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Senate panel delays bill that would tighten teacher reemployment notices and create sick-leave bank
Summary
The Senate Education Committee carried over House Bill 3196 after debate over a $1,000 district penalty for missing statutory teacher-notice deadlines and other personnel and certification changes; the bill also would let employees donate excess leave to a districtwide sick-leave bank and change retired-educator certificate rules.
The Senate Education Committee on Tuesday carried over House Bill 3196 after extended debate over provisions that would change notice and discipline rules for teachers and create a sick‑leave bank for school employees.
The bill would require districts to give teachers tentative assignments at least 14 calendar days before students return and would require written reemployment notices to include a projected minimum salary schedule and a promise to provide a final schedule ‘‘as soon as practical.’’ It would also require districts, upon request, to provide the factors used to determine a teacher’s pay category on the salary schedule.
The bill would let certified and noncertified school employees donate unused sick or annual leave in excess of 60 days to a…
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