Senate Roll Call 440 - Michigan Votes

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2011 House Bill 4626: Make it easier to fire ineffective teachers (Senate Roll Call 440)

Passed 25 to 13 in the Senate on June 30, 2011, to revise a provision that prohibits firing or demoting a public school teacher except for "reasonable and just cause,” changing this to “for a reason that is not arbitrary and capricious.” Also, to only pay a suspended teacher for 60 days, unless the suspension is reversed in an appeal hearing. Finally, to revise the definition of a “demotion” of a teacher (which triggers a host of procedural mandates), from a loss of pay equal to three days of employment to a loss equal to 40 days over a year, or 20 consecutive days.
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The vote was 25 in favor, 13 against, and 0 not voting.
(Senate Roll Call 440)

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Vote

In Favor

Against

Not Voting

Undecided

Democrat

	0%
	100%
	0%

12 total votes

Republican

	96%
	3%
	0%

26 total votes

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Make it easier to fire ineffective teachers

IN FAVOR

SENATE DEMOCRATS
none

SENATE REPUBLICANS

Booher (R)	Brandenburg (R)	Casperson (R)	Caswell (R)	Colbeck (R)
Emmons (R)	Green (R)	Hansen (R)	Hildenbrand (R)	Hune (R)
Jansen (R)	Jones (R)	Kowall (R)	Marleau (R)	Meekhof (R)
Moolenaar (R)	Nofs (R)	Pappageorge (R)	Pavlov (R)	Proos (R)
Richardville (R)	Robertson (R)	Rocca (R)	Schuitmaker (R)	Walker (R)

AGAINST

SENATE DEMOCRATS

Anderson (D)	Bieda (D)	Gleason (D)	Gregory (D)	Hood (D)
Hopgood (D)	Hunter (D)	Johnson (D)	Smith (D)	Warren (D)
Whitmer (D)	Young (D)

SENATE REPUBLICANS

Kahn (R)

SENATE LEGISLATORS ALL VOTES

n Anderson (D)	n Bieda (D)	Y Booher (R)	Y Brandenburg (R)	Y Casperson (R)
Y Caswell (R)	Y Colbeck (R)	Y Emmons (R)	n Gleason (D)	Y Green (R)
n Gregory (D)	Y Hansen (R)	Y Hildenbrand (R)	n Hood (D)	n Hopgood (D)
Y Hune (R)	n Hunter (D)	Y Jansen (R)	n Johnson (D)	Y Jones (R)
n Kahn (R)	Y Kowall (R)	Y Marleau (R)	Y Meekhof (R)	Y Moolenaar (R)
Y Nofs (R)	Y Pappageorge (R)	Y Pavlov (R)	Y Proos (R)	Y Richardville (R)
Y Robertson (R)	Y Rocca (R)	Y Schuitmaker (R)	n Smith (D)	Y Walker (R)
n Warren (D)	n Whitmer (D)	n Young (D)

Senate Roll Call 440 on 2011 House Bill 4626

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Comments

1) Re: 2011 House Bill 4626 (Make it easier to fire ineffective teachers ) by denestu on October 1, 2012
A big part of the job as a teacher is to discover effective ways to help children make it through the difficult times of their academic lives, so that they can reach leadership positions later on. Students must have the ability to problem solve effectively is very important in helping them learn self-respect and self-esteem, overcome feelings of helplessness, and promote a generalized sense of capability.

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2) Re: 2011 House Bill 4626 (Make it easier to fire ineffective teachers ) by TaterSalad on June 13, 2012
Where is Michigan on the same problem as this article shows what they have in ..................?

.............I'm putting money on this one that "tenure" will prevail !

............http://moonbattery.com/?p=12758

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3) Re: 2011 House Bill 4626 (Make it easier to fire ineffective teachers ) by TaterSalad on June 3, 2012
This Bill will be a great improvement for the State of Michigan. We can assume that the liberal media will attack this bill because of the invasion to the "tenure" clause with Unions.

I hope the Democrats look past this and keep the school children's education at the top and forefront because teachers who are only "in it for themselves" are not true "teachers".

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