HB 192 Lewis, Ed
HB 192 -- TEACHER BILL OF RIGHTS
SPONSOR: Lewis (6)
This bill establishes the "Teacher Bill of Rights" and provides an affirmation of the effect that teachers have on a student's learning environment.
The bill provides a description of rights including but not limited to the following:
(1) Teachers have the right to be free from physical abuse from a student or a parent of a student;
(2) To be protected from oral, written, or electronically generated abuse;
(3) To be evaluated for competency by an administrator;
(4) To be treated with civility and respect as a professional;
(5) To be free from any requirement by school administration to perform tasks unrelated to such teacher's employment;
(6) To be provided classroom preparation time each day during the regular classroom hours; and
(7) To remove any persistently disruptive student from such teacher's classroom.
School districts are required to inform parents, students, and teachers of these rights and provide a copy of such to each teacher at the beginning of each school year. Districts shall post the rights in a prominent place in each school and administrative building, and provide a copy to a parent of each student who attends a school. Districts shall also post the rights listed in this section on their website.