Relating to teachers; requiring school boards and teacher bargaining representatives to negotiate a plan providing for unrequested leaves of absence and specifying a primary factor for decisions; requiring school boards to place teachers on leave based on subject matter licensure fields and certain other criteria; clarifying role of teacher seniority (tenure); specifying the right to reinstatement upon termination; requiring school boards and teacher bargaining representatives to negotiate a plan for discontinuing and terminating teachers based on subject matter licensure fields and certain other criteria; allowing hearings; modifying teacher assignment; prohibiting contract execution without a negotiated plan for unrequested leave of absence and a negotiated plan for discontinuing or terminating teachers; clarifying two-year limited-term licensure for persons in alternative teacher preparation programs
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