According to Malloy’s bill, at “Commissioner’s Network” Schools:
- The commissioner has the authority to hand over control of the school to any outside entity.
- The commissioner can waive any rule adopted by the local board of education that “inhibits or hinders” his plan. (So with no public hearing and no opportunity for parents, taxpayers or even local officials to be heard, the Commissioner may simply say a legally adopted policy is no longer in effect).
- The “Commissioner’s Network” school does not have to abide by the state law limiting the use of outside consultants or the state’s purchasing law or the state’s competitive bidding laws.
- The teachers or administrators working at the Network school are removed, although they may apply for a position at the Network school under the school’s new rules. (To clarify on an earlier post – if the new management doesn’t want to keep the teacher or administrator they are transferred to another position in the town – IF one is available).
- Collective bargaining is outlawed for teachers and administrators at the Network school.
- Towns may not decrease local funding for the Network school even if the town decreases its own education budget AND the town must increase funding to the Network school at the same proportional amount that it increases its education budget. So, for example, even though unions are outlawed at the Network school – if the unionized employees of the town’s other schools get an increase – the local taxpayers must give the Network school the same increase even though their teachers are not unionized.
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