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Hiring guidelines given first-round approval Bill addresses school merger problems By Amy Edwards Senior Reporter School districts in Nebraska that reorganize may have stricter guide lines for hiring teachers under a bill given first-round approval Thursday. LB520 was introduced by Sen. James McFarland of Lincoln in 1987, when it was sent to the Education Committee. McFarland said the purpose of the bill is to address problems school boards have hiring teachers when two districts merge. Under current law, when two school districts merge, the teachers from both schools are put into a h iring pool. The school board then chooses the teachers who are most qualified. If more than one teacher is qualified for a position, seniority is the decid ing factor. LB520 would require merging school districts to announce reor ganization and establish a governing board by April 1. All teachers would be included in the hiring pool, McFarland said. McFarland cited another example of “devious” reorganization, when two merging school districts merely told teachers that their contracts had ended. The students from both schools then were reorganized into one school for two years. At the end of two years, the merger look place. McFarland said teachers who are laid off and want retention rights are told they don’t have to be hired be cause of ihe reorganization. The bill would prohibit contract ing arrangements for more than one year so teachers would have retention rights, McFarland said. Sen. Howard Lamb of Anselmo questioned whether school districts would be able to establish a govern ing board by April 1. McFarland proposed an amend ment to strike the bill's emergency clause that would pul the bill into effect immediately after its approval. This amendment would make the bill effective in the 1988-1989 academic year. Lamb then made a motion to strike the section of the bill that defines reorganized school districts and lim its contracting arrangements to one year. McFarland said the goal is to stop school districts from circumventing the teacher pool and give teachers recall rights. He said schools could contract for more than one year, but would be considered reorganized after that year. However, McFarland said the language in that section might “be over-inclusive.” He asked legislators to approve Lamb’s amendment and pass the bill. A more specific amend ment for that section could be pro posed in select file, McFarland said. Lamb’s amendment was adopted 27-0, and the bill advanced to Enroll ment and Review Initial with a vote of 27-1. UNL students study business Japanese-style By Jamie Pitts Staff Reporter Some University of Nebraska Lincoln students could receive col lege credits in Japan next semester. College of Business Administra tion officials arc accepting applica tions for the trip until April 1. Last semester, 15 UNL students went to Japan to learn Japanese busi ness techniques, language and cul ture. The UNL CBA students attended Senshu University in Japan for about a semester to earn 19 credit hours toward their degree. The program consists of three courses: Japanese language, a Japa nese business seminar and Japanese civilization. All courses are taught in English by Senshu University profes sors. The program also includes weekly field trips to factories so students can see first-hand how Japanese busi nesses operate. UNL students also learned some Japanese history during field trips to Speed limit, injuries increase in Nebraska By Barry Greenberg Staff Reporter Since the Interstate speed limit increased to 65 mph last spring, traf fic injuries rose 57 percent. Six months before the speed limit increased, 167 people were injured on rural areas of the Interstate high way system, according to statistics from the Highway Safety Division at the Nebraska Department of Roads. During the same six months a year later, when the 65 mph speed limit was in effect, 262 people were in jured. Bob Grant, highway safety ana lyst for the Department of Roads, said he doesn’t think the increased speed limit had any major effect on Interstate fatalities. During a six-month period before the speed limit was changed, eight people were killed on rural Inter states. Nine people were killed dur ing the six months after the law changed. me speeu umu was umy in creased to 65 mph in rural areas of the Interstate. The speed limit remained at 55 mph in urban areas of the Inter state. The elimination of the seal-belt law did not affect the number of Interstate deaths, but the number of injuries increased, Grant said. The seal -belt law went into effect Sept. 6, 1985, and was eliminated Dec. 2, 1986. While tne scat belt law was in effect, from Oct. 1,1985, to Sept. 30, 1986,23 people were killed and 845 were injured in motor-vehicle acci dents on the Interstate. During Dec. 1, 1986, to Nov. 30, 1*987, after the seat-belt law was ter minated, 21 people were killed and 1,035 people injured in motor-ve hicle accidents on the Interstate. Grant said wearing seal belts does not ensure that a person will survive an accident. Scat bells arc only a form of protection, he said. historical cities like Asakusa. Brian Christensen, a junior busi ness management and international business major, said visiting places like the Nissan Zama Factory taught h i m the d i f ferenccs between U .S. and Japanese business philosophies. Because the Japanese work to ward long-range investments, they arc willing to take large losses on the stock market to keep their invest ments, he said. Skip Hanson, a business admini stration junior, said the field trip to the Nissan factory was interesting. “Most of the buildings we went to were completely automated,” he said. “They were run by robots.” All Japanese workers wear the same uniforms. In the United Stales, management wears suits and lower level workers wear something else, Hanson said. “The company even helps with weddings, babies and funeral ar rangements,” he said. Tuition costs at Senshu University for the American students are equiva lent to UNL’s tuition. Students with financial aid and scholarships still receive aid while in Japan. In addition, students are respon sible for housing, food and air fare. Dvee Buss, director of advising at CBA, said all UNL students are eli gible for the program. Buss said she goes to Japan for two weeks to help students adjust to the new environment. Hanson said the group made up “top-10 lists” to keep their sense of humor and release tension. 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