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Unions and attorneys urge just‑cause and binding arbitration for teacher terminations; debate over board role and assault pay clarifications
Summary
Union representatives, attorneys and teachers testified in favor of HB 5218’s creation of a just‑cause standard and binding neutral arbitration for teacher termination cases and urged clarifying the assault pay statute so educators injured at work are indemnified without proving intent.
Teachers, union lawyers and labor experts told the Education Committee that Connecticut’s current teacher termination statute leaves educators without parity: teachers may obtain a hearing and a hearing officer’s recommendation, but the local board of education can override that recommendation. Witnesses described that dynamic as uncommon compared with other represented public employees who receive binding, neutral arbitration.
Advocates urged passage of House Bill 5218 to impose a just‑cause standard and…
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