Minnesota Session Laws - 1989, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1989 

                         CHAPTER 97-S.F.No. 695 
           An act relating to education; requiring school boards 
          to report certain teacher discharges and resignations 
          to the board of teaching; providing for immunity from 
          liability; amending Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 
          125.09, by adding subdivisions.  
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 125.09, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
   Subd. 4.  [MANDATORY REPORTING.] A school board shall 
report to the board of teaching, the state board of education, 
or the state board of vocational technical education, whichever 
has jurisdiction over the teacher's license, when its teacher is 
discharged or resigns from employment after a charge is filed 
with the school board under section 125.17, subdivisions 4, 
clauses (1), (2), and (3), and 5, or after charges are filed 
that are ground for discharge under section 125.12, subdivision 
8, clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e), or when a teacher is 
suspended or resigns while an investigation is pending under 
section 125.12, subdivision 8, clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), and 
(e); 125.17, subdivisions 4, clauses (1), (2), and (3), and 5; 
or 626.556.  The report must be made to the board within ten 
days after the discharge, suspension, or resignation has 
occurred.  The board to which the report is made shall 
investigate the report for violation of subdivision 1 and the 
reporting school board shall cooperate in the investigation.  
Any data transmitted to any board under this section shall be 
private data under section 13.02, subdivision 12, 
notwithstanding any other classification of the data when it was 
in the possession of any other agency. 
    Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 125.09, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 5.  [IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY.] A school board, its 
members in their official capacity, and employees of the school 
district run by the board are immune from civil or criminal 
liability for reporting or cooperating as required under section 
1, if their actions required under section 1 are done in good 
faith and with due care. 
    Presented to the governor May 5, 1989 
    Signed by the governor May 9, 1989, 6:10 p.m.