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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3840

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 3840 as follows:
 3    on page  5,  line  32,  after  "34-18.5."  by  inserting  the
 4    following:
 5    "However,   notwithstanding   Section   34-18.5,  the  social
 6    security number shall be provided only if available."; and

 7    on page  12,  line  6,  after  "34-2.2",  by  inserting  "and
 8    subdivision 1.5 of this Section"; and

 9    on page 12, by replacing line 15 with the following:
10    "contract  is  to  be  renewed,  based  upon  the  evaluation
11    required by subdivision 1.5 of this Section, shall be made no
12    later  than  150  days prior to the expiration of the current
13    performance-based contract of  the  principal,  (ii)  and  in
14    cases where such"; and

15    on  page  12, line 20, by replacing "(ii)" with "(iii) (ii)";
16    and

17    on page 13,  by  replacing  lines  23  through  31  with  the
18    following:
19    "all  authority  to  search for and contract with a person to
20    serve as interim or acting principal, or as the principal  of
21    the  attendance  center  under a 4-year performance contract,
22    provided that any performance contract entered  into  by  the
 
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 1    local  school  council  shall  be  voidable  or  modified  in
 2    accordance  with  the  decision  of the hearing officer.  The
 3    principal may"; and

 4    on page 14, lines 2 and  3,  by  replacing  "a  local  school
 5    council  member  or  members or" with "a local school council
 6    member or members or"; and

 7    on page 14, lines 7 and 8, by replacing "local school council
 8    member or members or the" with "local school  council  member
 9    or members or the"; and

10    on  page  14, line 13, after "Association.", by inserting the
11    following:
12    "The general superintendent shall send a contemporaneous copy
13    of the request that was forwarded to the American Arbitration
14    Association to the principal and to each local school council
15    member and shall inform  the  local  school  council  of  its
16    rights  and  responsibilities  under the arbitration process,
17    including the local school council's right to  representation
18    and  the  manner and process by which the Board shall pay the
19    costs of the council's representation."; and

20    on page 14, line 18,  by  replacing  "arbitration  and"  with
21    "arbitration, and"; and

22    on  page  14,  line  20,  after "Education", by inserting the
23    following:
24    ", and the principal may retain counsel  and  participate  in
25    the arbitration"; and

26    on  page  14,  by  replacing  lines  21  through  27 with the
27    following:
28    "this Code. If the local school council retains the principal
29    and  a member or members of the local school council requests
30    a review of the principal's contract, the principal  and  the
31    local  school council shall be considered adversarial parties
 
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 1    and  a  hearing  officer  shall   be   chosen between those 2
 2    parties as described in Section 34-85 of this Code.   If  the
 3    local school council does not retain the"; and

 4    on page 15, line 1, after "begin", by inserting "(i)"; and

 5    on  page  15,  line  2,  after  "review",  by  inserting  the
 6    following:
 7    "is  submitted by the principal to the general superintendent
 8    or (ii) if the initial request for  review  is  made  by  the
 9    general  superintendent, within 45 days after that request is
10    mailed to the American Arbitration Association"; and

11    on page 15, line 4, after "begins", by inserting "and  within
12    90 days after the initial request for review"; and

13    on  page  15,  line  17,  after  the period, by inserting the
14    following:
15    "The burden of proof in establishing that  the  local  school
16    council's  decision  was arbitrary and capricious shall be on
17    the party requesting the arbitration, and  this  party  shall
18    sustain the burden by a preponderance of the evidence.".

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