1997 Minnesota Statutes

     125.121 Coaches, termination of duties. 

    Subdivision 1.  Before a district terminates the coaching 
 duties of an employee who is required to hold a license as an 
 athletic coach from the state board of education, the district 
 shall notify the employee in writing and state its reason for 
 the proposed termination.  Within 14 days of receiving this 
 notification, the employee may request in writing a hearing on 
 the termination before the board.  If a hearing is requested, 
 the board shall hold a hearing within 25 days according to the 
 hearing procedures specified in section 125.12, subdivision 9, 
 and the termination shall not be final except upon the order of 
 the board after the hearing. 

    Subd. 2.  Within ten days after the hearing, the board 
 shall issue a written decision regarding the termination. If the 
 board decides to terminate the employee's coaching duties, the 
 decision shall state the reason on which it is based and include 
 findings of fact based upon competent evidence in the record.  
 The board may terminate the employee's duties or not, as it sees 
 fit, for any reason which is found to be true based on 
 substantial and competent evidence in the record. 

    Subd. 3.  This section shall not apply to the termination 
 of coaching duties pursuant to a district transfer policy or as 
 a result of the nonrenewal or termination of the employee's 
 contract or the employee's discharge, demotion or suspension 
 pursuant to section 125.12 or 125.17.  This section shall not 
 apply to the termination of an employee's coaching duties prior 
 to completion of the probationary period of employment. 

    HIST: 1978 c 550 s 1; 1980 c 345 s 7; 1986 c 444