Bill Text: MN SF1037 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Coaching contract nonrenewal due to parent complaints prohibition
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-04 - Referred to Education [SF1037 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF1037-Introduced.html
1.2relating to education; prohibiting a school board from not renewing a coaching
1.3contract based solely on the existence of parent complaints;amending Minnesota
1.4Statutes 2012, section 122A.33, subdivision 3.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 122A.33, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 3. Notice of nonrenewal; opportunity to respond. A school board that
1.8declines to renew the coaching contract of a licensed or nonlicensed head varsity coach
1.9must notify the coach within 14 days of that decision. If the coach requests reasons for not
1.10renewing the coaching contract, the board must give the coach its reasons in writing within
1.11ten days of receiving the request. The existence of parent complaints must not be the sole
1.12reason for a board to not renew a coaching contract. Upon request, the board must provide
1.13the coach with a reasonable opportunity to respond to the reasons at a board meeting. The
1.14hearing may be opened or closed at the election of the coach unless the board closes the
1.15meeting under section13D.05, subdivision 2 , to discuss private data.
1.16EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.3contract based solely on the existence of parent complaints;amending Minnesota
1.4Statutes 2012, section 122A.33, subdivision 3.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 122A.33, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 3. Notice of nonrenewal; opportunity to respond. A school board that
1.8declines to renew the coaching contract of a licensed or nonlicensed head varsity coach
1.9must notify the coach within 14 days of that decision. If the coach requests reasons for not
1.10renewing the coaching contract, the board must give the coach its reasons in writing within
1.11ten days of receiving the request. The existence of parent complaints must not be the sole
1.12reason for a board to not renew a coaching contract. Upon request, the board must provide
1.13the coach with a reasonable opportunity to respond to the reasons at a board meeting. The
1.14hearing may be opened or closed at the election of the coach unless the board closes the
1.15meeting under section
1.16EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
