Should teacher wait five years before being granted tenure? Yes. Should Districts be able to get rid of bad teachers? YES

A "YES" vote protects school children, their parents, and the tax payers from the devastating long-term affects of incompetent, non-performing public school teachers who receive permanent employee status in only two years under the current system.

A Child Education Protection measure, changes the public school teacher tenure rules to improve education quality for the children and avoid the disasters and lost years of education created by entrenched incompetent teachers.

This measure helps protect public school students and their parents by increasing the length of time required before a teacher may become a permanent employee from two complete consecutive school years to five complete consecutive school years.

It also authorizes school boards to dismiss a permanent teaching employee who receives two consecutive unsatisfactory performance evaluations. This will give greater protection against incompetent teachers, including teachers who "retire in place" without telling anyone, but come to the classroom each day and collect their paychecks without actually teaching.

This measure is supported by parents and competent school teachers. It is opposed by the teacher union bosses and incompetent teachers.