HB 1393-LOCAL - AS INTRODUCED
2000 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 1393-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to teacher contract renewals and enforcement of teacher contracts.
This bill establishes a period from April 1 through May 31 annually where teachers may negotiate their contracts with other school districts and provides certain remedies if such contracts are not fulfilled.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
00-2380
04/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to teacher contract renewals and enforcement of teacher contracts.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; School Boards and Teachers; Teacher Contract Enforcement. Amend RSA 189 by inserting after section 14-f the following new section:
189:14-g Teacher Contracts; Enforcement.
I. Any teacher who has a professional standards certificate from the state board of education and who has been notified that they will be renominated or reelected to teach in the same school district in the following year may elect:
(a) To accept such renomination or reelection within the same school district, or
(b) To pursue a teaching contract in another school district through an open negotiation period which shall extend from April 1 through May 31, provided that a teacher's existing contract obligation shall not be changed, modified, or otherwise altered under this subparagraph.
II. After May 31, any teacher who resigns without the written approval of the contract school district to accept a position with another school district shall, at the discretion of the state board of education, be subject to a civil penalty assessment of up to $5,000 payable to the contract school district and a suspension of the teacher's professional standards certificate.
III. A school district which induces a teacher to execute a contract with such school district thereby causing a teacher to breach a valid and enforceable contract with another school district shall be liable to the original contracting school district for that district's costs of salary and benefits for one teaching position for one contract year plus the costs of any substitute teachers and recruiting expenses.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2001.