Section 6-101.46 - Procedure for disciplinary actionA. After any suspension or prior to any demotion, termination or nonreemployment, a support employee shall receive notice of the right to a hearing. The hearing shall be conducted by the local board of education. All notices shall be by certified mail, with the postmark used to determine the timeliness of the notice. Failure of the employee to request a hearing within ten (10) working days of such notice shall be considered a waiver of the employee's right to a hearing. B. Nonreemployment shall mean nonrenewal of a support employee's contract upon expiration of the contract.C. If an employee is to be suspended for a period to exceed ten (10) days, the superintendent of the district shall initiate proceedings for termination and shall follow the procedures set forth in subsection A of this section. However, in a case involving a criminal charge or indictment, the suspension may be delayed until the employee's case is adjudicated at the trial. Nothing in this act shall prevent the school board from proceeding against the employee during or after the suspension for termination as provided in this act. Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 6-101.46
Added by Laws 1981, c. 122, § 4, eff. 1/1/1982. Renumbered from § 70-24-136 by Laws 1989, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 119, eff. 7/1/1990; Amended by Laws 1993, c. 215, § 4, emerg. eff. 5/24/1993.