(a) Three (3) annual contracts within five (5) successive school years shall be considered
evidence of satisfactory teaching and shall constitute a probationary period. Teachers
who complete the probationary period shall be considered in continuous service and
shall not be subject to annual renewal or nonrenewal of their contracts. No tenured
teacher in continuous service shall be dismissed except for good and just cause. Whenever
a tenured teacher in continuous service is to be dismissed, the notice of the dismissal
shall be given to the teacher, in writing, on or before March 1 of the school year
immediately preceding the school year in which the dismissal is to become effective.
If the dismissal is based on fiscal exigency or program reorganization, the notice
of dismissal shall be given to the teacher, in writing, on or before June 1 of the
school year immediately preceding the school year in which the dismissal is to become
effective. The teacher shall be furnished with a complete statement of the cause(s)
for the dismissal by the governing body of the school and shall be entitled to a hearing
and appeal pursuant to the procedure set forth in § 16-13-4.
(b) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibit, or at any time to
have prohibited, a school committee from agreeing, in a collective bargaining agreement,
to the arbitration of disputes arising out of the dismissal of a tenured teacher pursuant
to subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Any teacher employed by a local or regional school committee who has attained tenure
in a Rhode Island public school system; who is appointed to an administrative position
of principal, assistant principal, vice principal, superintendent, assistant superintendent,
director, or other central office personnel in any Rhode Island public school system,
including the original school district of employment; or who is hired for an administrative
position as a fellow, education specialist, or director by the Rhode Island department
of education, shall be granted an unpaid leave of absence, not to exceed three (3)
years, in order to be employed in an administrative position of principal, assistant
principal, vice principal, superintendent, assistant superintendent, director, or
other central office personnel in any Rhode Island school system or the Rhode Island
department of education. Said teachers shall, upon completion of their administrative
position employment contract, or termination or resignation of the administrative
position, be allowed to return to his or her former status as a tenured teacher within
the system from which the leave of absence was taken. Such leaves of absence shall
not be deemed to be an interruption of service for the purposes of seniority and teacher
retirement.
Notes of Decisions
Sch. Comm. of North Kingstown v. Crouch, 808 A.2d 1074 (R.I. 2002).
· cites it 4× “” Section 16-13-3(a). This same section requires that when an employer proposes to dismiss a tenured teacher, he or she shall be furnished with a complete statement of the cause for dismissal, and shall be entitled to a hearing and an appeal pursuant to § 16-13-4.”
Barber v. Exeter-West Greenwich Sch. Comm., 418 A.2d 13 (R.I. 1980).
· cites it 4× “” General Laws 1956 (1969 Reenactment) § 16-13-3. The length of the probationary period is a matter exclusively within the domain of the Legislature; a school committee may not alter the length of the period by contract or otherwise.”
Bochner v. Providence Sch. Comm., 490 A.2d 37 (R.I. 1985).
· cites it 10× “6 *41 The group-2 petitioners assert that they were tenured in 1977 by virtue of their having been employed for three consecutive years and that, therefore, they could be dismissed only for “good and just cause” under the Teachers’ Tenure Act, § 16-13-3. Section 16-13-3 provides…”
Jacob v. Bd. of Regents for Educ., 365 A.2d 430 (R.I. 1976).
· cites it 3× “She contends that she was a tenured teacher whose employment could only be terminated for “good and just cause” pursuant to §16-13-3. Alternately, she asserts that even if she is not tenured, the 1970 'amendment of §16-13-2 grants to the nontenured teacher the same rights as the…”
Hartman v. City of Providence, 636 F. Supp. 1395 (D.R.I. 1986).
“at § 16-13-3. In such instances, state law ordains that teacher contracts are continuous unless a teacher is notified in writing to the contrary by a set date, well in advance.”
Corrigan v. Donilon, 433 A.2d 198 (R.I. 1981).
· cites it 2× “1956 (1969 Reenactment) § 16-13-3 is the successful completion of three successive annual contracts, which three-year term of service constitutes a probationary period.”
Taborn v. Hammonds, 380 S.E.2d 513 (N.C. 1989).
“5 (1988); R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 16-13-3 and 16-13-6 (1988).”
Ciprian v. Providence Sch. Bd., 29 A.3d 1239 (R.I. 2011).
· cites it 2× “On appeal, the plaintiffs argue that the hearing justice erred in misconceiving and overlooking material evidence and in failing to consider the plaintiffs’ claims that a post-termination hearing conducted by the defendant Providence School Board was untimely and in violation of…”
— R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-13-3(a) — 2 cases
Sch. Comm. of North Kingstown v. Crouch, 808 A.2d 1074 (R.I. 2002).
“” Section 16-13-3(a). This same section requires that when an employer proposes to dismiss a tenured teacher, he or she shall be furnished with a complete statement of the cause for dismissal, and shall be entitled to a hearing and an appeal pursuant to § 16-13-4.”
— R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-13-3(b) — 1 case
Sch. Comm. of North Kingstown v. Crouch, 808 A.2d 1074 (R.I. 2002).
“” Section 16-13-3(a). This same section requires that when an employer proposes to dismiss a tenured teacher, he or she shall be furnished with a complete statement of the cause for dismissal, and shall be entitled to a hearing and an appeal pursuant to § 16-13-4.”
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