LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The Little Rock School District and the district’s
teachers’ union have agreed on a contract through October 2019 after weeks of
disagreement and tense negotiations.
Arkansas Education Commissioner Johnny Key said in a statement Tuesday the contract allows the department to petition the state for a waiver that would make it easier to dismiss teachers in poorly performing schools.
Little Rock Education Association President Teresa Knapp Gordon says the union
agreed to the contract largely because the state could apply for the waiver
regardless of whether the contract allowed it.
The contract includes a due-process clause, which says no disciplinary action
can be taken against an employee without “just cause.”
The agreement came one day before the current contract was set to expire.
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