City Council Backs Teacher Hiring Reform Legislation

If Governor Patrick does not sign the bill by July 3, it will be a ballot question in the fall.

The Boston City Council backed legislation to reform public school teacher hiring and evaluation. The vote at Wednesday's council meeting urged the Legislature to support a Senate Bill that would change teacher seniority rules.  Boston City Councilor At-Large John Connolly asked his colleagues to support the legislation and put pressure on the State House. "What this legislation does is essentially this bill is to tie hiring decisions to teacher evaluations and removes seniority as the controlling factor in hiring. It does not remove seniority as a factor in hiring, it removes it as the controlling factor," said Connolly, who introduced a new City Council resolution draft to support the bill, after presenting an initial draft in recent …

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