HB 363

Abstract

Certain school board employees; dismissal; grounds; continuing contract study; report. Prohibits school board employeeswho are not required to hold a valid license issued by the Boardof Education and public school teachers from being dismissed basedon a last-hired, first-fired dismissal policy or any other similarpolicy that mandates that, when considering more than one such employeefor dismissal, the seniority of each such employee shall be the soledeterminative factor in the dismissal decision. The bill also requiresthe Board of Education, the House Committee on Education, and theSenate Committee on Education and Health, in consultation with localschool boards, to study and make recommendations to the General Assemblyno later than November 1, 2022, regarding effective, alternativeways in which the performance of teachers may be evaluated for thepurpose of awarding or rescinding continuing contract status.