HRS §302A-609
When a teacher can be fired or demoted and rehiring rights
This section lists reasons a teacher can be fired or demoted, like poor performance, misconduct, or breaking rules. It also says teachers with the least experience are let go first when there are not enough students, and those teachers get priority for rehiring when jobs open up.
employers
The statute, as written — Causes for discharge or demotion; preferred eligibility list
Causes for the discharge or demotion of a teacher shall be inefficiency or immorality; wilful violations of policies and rules of the department; or for other good and just cause. The department, without a hearing, may terminate the tenure rights of a teacher who fails to return to service, except when caused by illness, following the expiration of an approved leave of absence. Teachers may also be dismissed because of a decrease in the number of pupils or for other causes over which the department has no control. Dismissals due to a decrease in the number of pupils or for causes over which the department has no control shall begin with those teachers with the least number of years of service. The teachers so dismissed shall be placed on a preferred eligibility list and shall have the right to be restored to duty in the order of length of service whenever vacancies occur in which the teacher is qualified.
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