File: GCO-R-1 - PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDSFOR TEACHERS/ LEGAL AUTHORITY
File: GCO-R-1 - PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDSM.G.L. 71:38 reads in part:
Performance standards for teachers and other school district employees shall be established by the School Committee upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, provided that where teachers are represented for collective bargaining purposes, all teachers performance standards shall be determined as follows:
The School Committee and the collective bargaining representative shall undertake for a reasonable period of time to agree on teacher performance standards.
Prior to said reasonable period of time, the school district shall seek a public hearing to comment on such standards.
In the absence of an agreement, after such reasonable time teacher performance standards shall be determined by binding interest arbitration.
Either the school district or the teachers' collective bargaining representative may file a petition seeking arbitration with the commissioner of education.
The performance standards developed either by mutual agreement or as a result of arbitration will be incorporated in the collective bargaining agreement and may be used in decisions to dismiss, demote or remove a teacher or administrator pursuant to M.G.L. 71:42; 71:42A and 71:63.
Established by law