1997 Minnesota Code
Chapters 120 - 129B Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12
Chapter 125 Teachers
Section 125.121 Coaches, termination of duties.

125.121 Coaches, termination of duties.

Subdivision 1. Before a district terminates the coaching duties of an employee who is required to hold a license as an athletic coach from the state board of education, the district shall notify the employee in writing and state its reason for the proposed termination. Within 14 days of receiving this notification, the employee may request in writing a hearing on the termination before the board. If a hearing is requested, the board shall hold a hearing within 25 days according to the hearing procedures specified in section 125.12, subdivision 9, and the termination shall not be final except upon the order of the board after the hearing.

Subd. 2. Within ten days after the hearing, the board shall issue a written decision regarding the termination. If the board decides to terminate the employee's coaching duties, the decision shall state the reason on which it is based and include findings of fact based upon competent evidence in the record. The board may terminate the employee's duties or not, as it sees fit, for any reason which is found to be true based on substantial and competent evidence in the record.

Subd. 3. This section shall not apply to the termination of coaching duties pursuant to a district transfer policy or as a result of the nonrenewal or termination of the employee's contract or the employee's discharge, demotion or suspension pursuant to section 125.12 or 125.17. This section shall not apply to the termination of an employee's coaching duties prior to completion of the probationary period of employment.

HIST: 1978 c 550 s 1; 1980 c 345 s 7; 1986 c 444