Part 7 — Education Professions and Occupations Division 1 Responsibilities
225.996 Proceedings at hearing
who is the subject of the hearing may appear and be represented by
counsel or any other individual at a hearing before the hearing
committee.
(2) A hearing before a hearing committee must be open to the
public unless
(a) the complainant requests that the hearing be held in priva te
because of the confidential nature of the complaint, or
(b) the interests of any indivi dual other than the teacher or
teacher leader who is the subject of the hearing may be
detrimentally affected if the hearing is not held in private, in
the opinion of the hearing committee.
(3) The hearing committee may grant adjournments of the
proceedings or reserve the determination of the complaint before it
for a future meeting of the hearing committee.
(4) Evidence may be given before a hearing committee in any
manner that the hearing committee considers appropriate, and the
hearing committee is not bound by the rules of law respecting
evidence applicable to judicial proceedings.
2022 c7 s12