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1984 Nebraska Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (1984)

handle is hein.sag/sagne0016 and id is 1 raw text is: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
STATE OP NEBRASKA
TELEPHONE 4021471.262 * STATE CAPIYOL * LINCOLN, NESRASKA 08509

January 3, 1984
SUBJECT:
REQUESTED BY:
OPINION BY:
QUESTION:
CONCLUSIONs

PAUL L, DOUGLAS
Aownwne a
ERALO.  VITAMVAS
Deputy Attorey Goeo
Deputyi Attorney Genera

Fair Employment Practice Act Relating
to Probationary Teachers
Lawrence R. Myers
Executive Director
Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission
Paul L. Douglas, Attorney General
Dale D. Brodkey, Assistant Attorney General
Are probationary teachers protected by the
Nebraska Fair Employment Practice Act,
Neb.Rev.Stat. S48-1101 to 548-1126?
Yes.

You have asked whether a school district can terminate a
probationary teacher even if-.it is for a discriminatory reason
and use as its defense the language in Neb.Rev.Stat. S79-1254
which states that probationary teachers may be terminated
without just cause.
As an initial matter, 579-1254 has been repealed.    The
statutory  provisions   covering  tenure   of  teachers   and
administrato   are now found at Neb.Rev.Stat. S79-12,107 to
579-12,121 (kum.Supp. 1982).  It is our opinion that school
boards  mu,t  comply  with  the   requirements  of  the  Fair
Employment P tctice Act (FEPA) even if they are dealing with
nrLhationary teachers and administrators.
The definition of 'employer* under the FEPA is found at
S48-1102(2) (Supp. 1983). It specifically includes the State
of   Nebraska,    governmental   agencies,    and   political
subdivisi   .    chool   boards  clearly   fit  under   this
definition. Under the FEPA, an  employee is defined as an
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