Legislature(2005 - 2006)BUTROVICH 205
04/18/2005 01:30 PM Senate HEALTH, EDUCATION & SOCIAL SERVICES
| Audio | Topic |
|---|---|
| Start | |
| SB156 | |
| SB167 | |
| HB128 | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
| *+ | SB 156 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| *+ | SB 167 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | SB 150 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | HB 128 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | TELECONFERENCED |
SB 156-LAYOFF/NONRETENTION OF TEACHERS
1:34:11 PM
CHAIR DYSON announced SB 156 to be up for consideration.
SENATOR BEN STEVENS introduced SB 156 and said the bill
establishes a consistent policy for all school districts with
regard to notifying a teacher of layoff. Currently, if a school
district does not have adequate funding to rehire a teacher for
the following school year, the district must notify a tenured
teacher by March 16th, but it does not have to notify a non-
tenured teacher until the last day of the school year. It seems
logical that a school district should be required to notify any
teacher of his or her discontinued employment after the
district's assembly has approved the budget.
SENATOR BEN STEVENS said the bill would remove Section A and
modify Section B of AS.14.21.40 to require districts to inform
both tenured and non-tenured teachers of whether or not they
will be retained.
1:38:34 PM
SENATOR ELTON remarked the requirements of line 6 and line 7
seem redundant.
SENATOR BEN STEVENS responded the requirements were taken
directly from existing statute.
1:41:04 PM
CHAIR DYSON understood the language to mean the district must
deliver the notification in writing and would have the option of
delivering it by hand or certified mail.
1:43:36 PM
NEIL SLOTNICK, assistant attorney general, Department of Law
(DOL), testified the language would give school districts the
option of sending notification by certified mail or by hand-
delivery.
SENATOR ELTON expressed concern with the difference between
deadlines of the two delivery options. Since hand delivery of
notification must be provided on or before the last day of
school and certified mail must be sent by the last day of
school, it is possible that notification sent by certified mail
could arrive after the deadline for hand delivered notification.
1:45:51 PM
SENATOR GREEN moved SB 156 from committee with individual
recommendations and no fiscal notes. Hearing no objections, the
motion carried.
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