The move will ultimately allow schools to bypass the previous seniority-based layoff system through which teachers who had been employed for the least amount of time would typically be the first to be laid off.
Specifically, the new agreement states that if a teacher who is a member of an underrepresented population is subject to “excess”-meaning there will be a reduction in staff at a particular school rather than a district-wide layoff-then the district must instead eliminate the position of a white teacher with the “next least” seniority. “Language which refers to this Article will no longer be in effect once the teachers in the District reflect the diversity of the labor market and the community served by the District,” it adds. The agreement states that past discrimination by the school district “disproportionately impacted the hiring of underrepresented teachers in the District” compared to the relevant labor market, and that this resulted in a lack of diversity among teachers. A new agreement between the Minneapolis teachers union and Minneapolis Public Schools that could result in white teachers being laid off before minority teachers, regardless of seniority, has sparked criticism among experts.Īccording to the agreement ( pdf), initially struck in March, white teachers would be laid off or reassigned before “educators of color” in the event Minneapolis Public Schools needs to reduce staff, under a section called “educators of color protections.”
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