Sentences with phrase «mandating teacher layoffs»

When filed by attorneys on behalf of students at three Los Angeles Unified middle schools in 2010, the lawsuit challenged the state law mandating teacher layoffs based on seniority.

The Legislature has also passed — and could repeal — statutes that essentially guarantee lifetime teacher tenure and that mandate teacher layoffs strictly on the basis of seniority.

Not exact matches

City Hall says Cuomo's plan would simply expedite an already - underway process by the state Education Department to create guidelines for evaluating teachers but leave intact the legal language mandating layoffs be implemented based on seniority.

Nevada school superintendents pleaded with state lawmakers Thursday for flexibility from educational mandates to try to meet a 10 percent budget reduction that could mean thousands of teacher layoffs statewide.

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.

Beginning in 2014, the proposed bill mandates that teachers and administrators would be dismissed based first and foremost on school needs and then according to effectiveness rather than the seniority that now determines layoffs.

With layoffs, furloughs, larger classes, and all manner of new curricula and rotating mandates, teachers and schools are already laboring under incredible stress.