SF 902

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to education; excluding Minneapolis from the
Teacher Tenure Act; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004,
sections 122A.40, subdivision 18; 122A.41, subdivision
2.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 122A.40,
subdivision 18, is amended to read:

Subd. 18.

Exception.

This section does not apply to any
district in a city of the first class new text begin , except for the city of
Minneapolis new text end .

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 122A.41,
subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Probationary period; discharge or demotion.

All
teachers in the public schools in cities of the first class new text begin ,
except for the city of Minneapolis, new text end during the first three years
of consecutive employment shall be deemed to be in a
probationary period of employment during which period any annual
contract with any teacher may, or may not, be renewed as the
school board, after consulting with the peer review committee
charged with evaluating the probationary teachers under
subdivision 3, shall see fit. The school site management team
or the school board if there is no school site management team,
shall adopt a plan for a written evaluation of teachers during
the probationary period according to subdivision 3. Evaluation
by the peer review committee charged with evaluating
probationary teachers under subdivision 3 shall occur at least
three times each year for a teacher performing services on 120
or more school days, at least two times each year for a teacher
performing services on 60 to 119 school days, and at least one
time each year for a teacher performing services on fewer than
60 school days. Days devoted to parent-teacher conferences,
teachers' workshops, and other staff development opportunities
and days on which a teacher is absent from school shall not be
included in determining the number of school days on which a
teacher performs services. The school board may, during such
probationary period, discharge or demote a teacher for any of
the causes as specified in this code. A written statement of
the cause of such discharge or demotion shall be given to the
teacher by the school board at least 30 days before such removal
or demotion shall become effective, and the teacher so notified
shall have no right of appeal therefrom.

Sec. 3. new text begin REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
new text end

new text begin The revisor of statutes shall change the headnote name of
Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 122A.41, from "TEACHER TENURE
ACT; CITIES OF THE FIRST CLASS; DEFINITIONS" to "TEACHER TENURE
ACT; CITIES OF THE FIRST CLASS, EXCLUDING MINNEAPOLIS;
DEFINITIONS."
new text end