Maine Revised Statutes

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 20-A, § 13202 (2026)

Teacher dismissal

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A school board, after investigation, due notice of hearing and hearing thereon, shall dismiss any teacher, although having the requisite certificate, who proves unfit to teach or whose services the board deems unprofitable to the school; and give to that teacher a certificate of dismissal and of the reasons for the dismissal, a copy of which the board shall retain. That dismissal shall not deprive the teacher of compensation for previous services. [PL 1981, c. 693, §§ 5, 8 (NEW).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 1981, c. 693, §§5,8 (NEW).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1986–2003 · leading case: Lyons v. Bd. of Directors, 503 A.2d 233 (Me. 1986).

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Lyons v. Bd. of Directors, 503 A.2d 233 (Me. 1986). “Presumably, the term “profitable” is derived from 20-A M.R.S.A. § 13202 (1983), which only confers upon a teacher the right to continued employment unless he is unfit to teach or the board deems his services to be unprofitable to the school.”

Union River Valley Teachers Ass'n v. Lamoine Sch. Comm., 2000 ME 57 (Me. 2000). “It contends that the use of that standard is contrary to Maine’s teacher dismissal law, 20-A M.R.S.A. § 13202 (1993), eviscerates the Committee’s duty to provide a safe learning environment, places the Committee at risk of civil liability, and ignores precedent that provides for…”

Palmer v. Portland Sch. Comm., 652 A.2d 86 (Me. 1995). “” 20-A M.R.S.A § 13202 (1993). We have previously stated that [i]n determining whether the teacher’s conduct thus indicates unfitness to teach, the board may consider such matters as the likelihood that the conduct may have adversely affected students or fellow teachers, the…”

Elvin v. City of Waterville, 573 A.2d 381 (Me. 1990). · cites it 2× “In January 1989 the City of Waterville discharged plaintiff Kathleen Elvin from her job as a fourth grade teacher on the findings of the Waterville Board of Education, pursuant to 20-A M.R.S.A. § 13202 (1983), that she had proven “unfit” to teach and that her continued services…”

Walker v. Maine Sch. Admin. Union 42 (Me. Super. Ct 2003). “20-A M.R.S.A. § 13202. Therefore, Union #42 argues that defendant adult supervisor was not an employee of Union #42.”

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