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Issue: 1178 Date: 3/21/2013
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Mo. Senate Passes Bill Allowing 'Incompetent' St. Louis Teachers To Be Fired
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Teachers with tenure in St. Louis could be fired for incompetency under a bill that was passed Thursday March 14, 2013 by the Missouri Senate.
Current law allows St. Louis teachers to be let go for inefficiency on the job, but not for incompetence. The sponsor, Democrat Jamilah Nasheed of St. Louis, says Senate Bill 125 will bring the city in line with the rest of the state.
"It is very difficult for the city of St. Louis to get rid of teachers, due to the fact of the time span," Nasheed
said. "(In) all of the 521 districts right now, it takes 30 days -- in St. Louis
city, when we want to get rid of a teacher, it takes 90 days."
Several Senate members became angry when fellow Democrat Scott Sifton of Affton told the chamber that organized labor strongly opposed the bill and that Senators would be rated on how they voted. It passed 33 to 1, with North County Democrat Gina Walsh casting the lone "no?vote".
It was the first bill sponsored by Nasheed to be passed by the Missouri Senate, which meant that she got to experience some mild-mannered hazing that every freshman Senator goes through -- several Senators voted "no" on Nasheed's bill, only to change their votes to "yes" before the roll call officially ended.
The bill now goes to the Missouri House.
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