In the suit, the National Education Association New Mexico argues state law
gives school districts authority over teacher evaluations and the system Education Secretary - designate Hanna Skandera put in place last year takes away that local control.
Innovation Network Schools are new, autonomous public schools that were made possible by recent state laws giving IPS and
other school districts the authority to convert any existing school in the districts to a new Innovation Network School.
NYSUT contends that the evaluation law should be repealed outright, and that teachers» classroom performance ratings should be left solely in the hands of
local school district authorities.
Mayor Bloomberg and Chancellor Walcott are pushing for new state legislation that would
give school districts the authority to fire employees accused of sexual misconduct regardless of the findings of independent arbitrators.
The former teacher, Kenneth Williams, also reported to
school district authorities that the school's staff sometimes used personal vehicles to drive students to school on days when the state was counting attendance to increase enrollment numbers, and therefore, payments from the district.
[And even if it did, the law fails to give
school districts any authority to punish parents of students for opting out].
Finally, AB375 still denies
a school district the authority to fire a teacher, no matter how egregious the misconduct.
It's a long hard slog to work with masons, contractors,
school district authorities, parents, teachers.