2009 Senate Bill 638 ↩

Senate Roll Call 672: Passed

To revise the “teacher tenure” law to allow a teacher to be fired or demoted for consistent ineffectiveness, as defined by the state Superintendent of Public Instruction. Under current law it is very difficult or impossible to fire a teacher.

20 Yeas / 13 Nays

Republican (20 Yeas / 2 Nays)

Allen (R-37) Birkholz (R-24) Bishop (R-12) Brown (R-16) Cassis (R-15) Cropsey (R-33) Garcia (R-22) George (R-20) Gilbert (R-25) Hardiman (R-29) Jansen (R-28) Jelinek (R-21) Kuipers (R-30) McManus (R-35) Pappageorge (R-13) Patterson (R-7) Richardville (R-17) Sanborn (R-11) Stamas (R-36) Van Woerkom (R-34)	Kahn (R-32) Nofs (R-19)

Democrat (0 Yeas / 11 Nays)

	Anderson (D-6) Brater (D-18) Cherry (D-26) Clark-Coleman (D-3) Clarke (D-1) Gleason (D-27) Jacobs (D-14) Olshove (D-9) Prusi (D-38) Switalski (D-10) Whitmer (D-23)

Excused or Not Voting (5)

Barcia (D-31) Basham (D-8) Hunter (D-5) Scott (D-2) Thomas (D-4)