2009 Senate Bill 638 (Revise teacher tenure provisions ) (Senate Roll Call 670)
Failed in the Senate (19 to 13) on December 3, 2009, to allow a teacher to be fired or demoted for consistent ineffectiveness. Under current law it is very difficult or impossible to fire a teacher. [History, Amendments & Comments]
The vote was 19 in favor, 13 against, and 6 not voting.
(Senate Roll Call 670)
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Revise teacher tenure provisions
IN FAVOR
SENATE DEMOCRATS
none
SENATE REPUBLICANS
AGAINST
SENATE DEMOCRATS
| Anderson (D) | Brater (D) | Cherry (D) | Clark-Coleman (D) | Clarke (D) |
| Gleason (D) | Jacobs (D) | Olshove (D) | Prusi (D) | Switalski (D) |
| Whitmer (D) |
SENATE REPUBLICANS
| Kahn (R) | Nofs (R) |
SENATE LEGISLATORS WHO DID NOT VOTE
| Barcia (D) | Basham (D) | Hunter (D) | Patterson (R) | Scott (D) |
| Thomas (D) |
SENATE LEGISLATORS ALL VOTES
Senate Roll Call 670 on 2009 Senate Bill 638
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1) Re: 2009 Senate Bill 638 (Authorize “neighborhood schools” ) [by sick&tired on May 2, 2010]"Teacher security" is the primarly problem. We have both young and old teachers who have gained tenure status and are no longer interested in their own professional development or the entire improvement of a school system. They just want to close the door, "teach" and not be held accountable. They refuse to use research based instructional techniques or even develop common grading or behavioral expecations as their peers. I (as a teacher) have sat back and watched teachers be placed on "growth plans" by the principal, they go through the needed steps for one year and then revert back to their old habits of being inaffective and poor. The principal is left pulling his/her hair out because when it is all said and done, there is nothing they can do. The cost of removing a tenured teacher is so expensive that district simply can't afford it. The funny thing is, most teachers are outstanding, the union is actually weakening itself in the court of public opinion, by protecting the ineffective / poor teachers within its ranks. Tenure reform is badly needed!
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It is just plain not true that Michigan Public School Administrators have the power to remove ineffectual Teachers. I know a person very close to me who in fact was a Teacher and now is an Administrator. Incompetent Teacher's who are doing nothing for the betterment of the student's are protected by the Teachers Union! This is also one of the reasons that the Automobile Industry is in trouble because the Unions protect bad workers!
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Hey Bluewater teacher... These School administrators [you] identify as not
having the ability to do their job are for the most part teachers who
graduated to
administration, but you already know that. It is also interesting that
you identify yourself as a teacher and yet you talk like you are a
part of a mindset that coddles teachers who [you] identify as
being "ineffectual", instead of working to get rid of these
administrators who [you] deem to be neglecting their responsibilities.
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