Sentences with phrase «governing teacher layoffs»

ALBANY - Mayor Bloomberg and Gov. Cuomo's war over the law governing teacher layoffs went nuclear on Wednesday with verbal bombs dropping from New York City to Albany.

By an overwhelming majority, (85 - 12), voters support the repeal of the «last in, first out» rule governing teacher layoffs, agreeing that the decision governing who loses a teaching job should be based on performance and not seniority.

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge tentatively approved significant changes to the «last hired, first fired» rules that govern teacher layoffs to keep campuses with young staffs from bearing the brunt of budgetary cutbacks in the nation's second - largest school district.

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In a stunning decision, a judge in the California Superior Court has ruled that, because education is a fundamental right of California youth, the laws governing teacher tenure, teacher dismissal and rules for layoffs are unconstitutional.

We still focus on all RIF notices because they indicate the teachers who were targeted for layoffs, and thus tell us about the likely effects of the system that governs layoffs.

In April, the California Court of Appeal overturned the trial court's ruling in Vergara v. California [i], in which a group of families had challenged the constitutionality of state laws governing teacher tenure [ii](California state law automatically grants tenure to teachers after sixteen months, provides extra due process protections to teachers over and above those available to other state workers, and requires schools to use seniority rather than competency in layoff decisions.)

Students Matter's proposed Teacher Employment Policy Pillars make recommendations for commonsense changes to the unconstitutional, quality - blind Education Code provisions that currently govern teacher tenure, dismissal, and layoffs in CaliTeacher Employment Policy Pillars make recommendations for commonsense changes to the unconstitutional, quality - blind Education Code provisions that currently govern teacher tenure, dismissal, and layoffs in Caliteacher tenure, dismissal, and layoffs in California.

According to the Court, the laws in question — laws that govern teacher tenure, dismissal, and layoffs — impose substantial harm on California's students by forcing administrators to push passionate, inspiring teachers out of the school system and keep grossly ineffective teachers in front of students year after year.

The plaintiffs — nine students in five California public school districts — argue that five laws governing teacher dismissal, tenure, and «last in - first out» layoff...

Each state sets its own laws governing teacher tenure, dismissal and layoff policies, and the rights the students assert are given under the state constitution, so similar efforts will come in state courts.

Teacher layoffs in New Jersey are governed by a rigid quality - blind mandate, often referred to as the «last in, first out» policy, which forces schools to fire teachers based on district seniority alone.

As defendants, the state and its two biggest teachers unions tried to persuade the judge that in four weeks of testimony, the plaintiffs — nine students — did not present enough evidence to prove that the five contested statutes governing teacher dismissal, tenure and layoffs deny students right to an effective education.

Via Edweek by Stephen Sawchuck A second lawsuit challenging New York laws governing teacher tenure, layoffs, and dismissals has been filed on behalf of seven schoolchildren in the state.

In giving the state an «F» in dismissing ineffective teachers, the report makes a direct reference to the Vergara case, in which Judge Rolf Treu struck down the current teacher employment laws that govern seniority, dismissal and layoffs, saying they helped keep ineffective teachers in poor performing schools.