Sec. 4. The word "demote" means to suspend without pay for 15 or more consecutive days or reduce compensation for a particular school year by more than an amount equivalent to 30 days' compensation or to transfer to a position carrying a lower salary. However, demote does not include discontinuance of salary under section 3 of article IV or a reduction in personnel, including, but not limited to, a reduction in workweeks or workdays.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.74
"Demote" defined
Applied in 13 court decisions — leading case 127 Mich. App. 482 - LeGalley v. Bronson Community Schools (1983)
Most recently applied in 676 F. App'x 562 - Michael Potts v. Gobles Public Sch. Dist. (January 2017)
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