___________________ moved that HB 1234 be amended as follows:
Section 40. That § 13-43-6.2 be amended to read as follows:
13-43-6.2. If nonrenewal of a tenured or nontenured teacher is contemplated under § 13-43-6.1
§ 13-43-6.3, the superintendent or chief executive officer shall give written notice of an intention
to recommend nonrenewal to the teacher and the school board; a written statement of the reasons for
the recommendation for any tenured teacher; access to the employment records of the teacher; the
opportunity to the teacher for a hearing before the school board to present reasons in person or in
writing why the nonrenewal should not occur; and the opportunity to be represented. The teacher
shall request the hearing as provided in § 13-43-6.9. The school board shall contract with the Office
of Hearing Examiners pursuant to § 1-26D-11 to conduct the hearing not sooner than fourteen days,
nor later than forty-five days, after receipt of the teacher's request for hearing. The parties may waive
the time limitations provided for in this section. The hearing examiner, after hearing evidence in the
matter, shall make proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law, and a proposed decision. The
superintendent of chief executive officer, with the consent of the school board, may accept or reject
the decision of the hearing examiner, and the decision of the superintendent or chief executive officer
is final without further action. The school district and the teacher requesting the hearing shall each
pay half of the cost of the services provided by the Office of Hearing Examiners.
Section 41. That § 13-43-6.3 be amended to read as follows:
13-43-6.3. Until a teacher is in or beyond the fourth consecutive term of employment as a teacher
with the school district, a A school board may or may not renew the teacher's contract of a
nontenured teacher. The superintendent or chief executive officer shall give written notice of
nonrenewal by April fifteenth but is not required to give further process or a reason for nonrenewal.