Substitute for Raised S.B. No. 351
Session Year 2026

AN ACT ESTABLISHING STANDARD OF REVIEW FOR TEACHER TERMINATION DECISIONS AND REQUIRING TERMINATION HEARINGS TO BE BEFORE A NEUTRAL ARBITRATOR.

To (1) establish a just cause standard for teacher termination decisions, (2) require teacher termination hearings be before a neutral arbitrator, and (3) make the decisions of such neutral arbitrator binding.

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