Sentences with phrase «teachers violates state law»

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In a filing obtained by The Post, GOP chair Ed Cox charged that NYSUT, the state's largest teachers» union, and its campaign arms have exceeded contribution limits to state Senate Democrats and also share staff, which violates the law.

ALBANY — The head of the state Republican Party has filed a complaint with the Board of Elections charging the state teachers» union with violating election laws to boost Democrats.

Synopsis: In the 1920s, Tennessee schoolteacher Bertram Cates (Dick York) is put on trial for violating the Butler Act, a state law that prohibits public school teachers from teaching evolution instead of creationism.

Arizona's special education voucher law was struck down by the state courts after a challenge from the teachers union and civil liberties groups, which claimed that the law violated a state constitutional provision barring any public funds from flowing to religious institutions.

Teacher - tenure laws leaped on to the front page of the national media in 2014 when a California judge responded favorably to a plaintiff's argument that the state's teacher - tenure laws violate its state constiTeacher - tenure laws leaped on to the front page of the national media in 2014 when a California judge responded favorably to a plaintiff's argument that the state's teacher - tenure laws violate its state constiteacher - tenure laws violate its state constitution.

The Minnesota Federation of Teachers has filed suit in federal district court in St. Paul to block the state's 1985 Postsecondary Enrollment Options Act on the grounds that the law violates both the state and federal constitutions by permitting the «direct diversion» of public funds from public schools to church - related colleges and universities.

Their suit charged that the state's teacher - certification exam discriminated against blacks, violating their 14th Amendment protections and federal civil rights laws.

Now that a judge has ruled that teachers» performance evaluations in the Los Angeles Unified School District are inadequate and violate state law, the teachers union will finally have to work with district leaders on devising a reasonable method for using student achievement to measure teachers» work.

The judge ruled that the tenure and other job protection laws for teachers violate the state constitution's guarantee that children receive «basic equality of educational opportunity.»

LOS ANGELES — A California judge ruled Tuesday that teacher tenure laws deprived students of their right to an education under the State Constitution and violated their civil rights.

Laws that keep bad teachers in the classroom... therefore violate the equal - protection clause of the state constitution....

DeBose and Vergara are among nine students challenging state laws on teacher dismissal, seniority and tenure that they say violate their right to an effective education.

The proposal by Educators 4 Excellence, whose L.A. chapter of 900 teachers was launched last November, came one day after a Los Angeles Superior Court judge found that the Los Angeles Unified School District had violated a state law requiring the use of such student achievement measures in its instructor evaluations.

In April, the Texas State Teachers Association (TSTA) sued the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and its Commissioner Mike Morath, alleging that the scheduled July 1 implementation of the new Texas Teacher Evaluation and Support System (T - TESS) violates state law by requiring that school districts base 20 % of each teacher's evaluation on student achievement growth measures -LSBState Teachers Association (TSTA) sued the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and its Commissioner Mike Morath, alleging that the scheduled July 1 implementation of the new Texas Teacher Evaluation and Support System (T - TESS) violates state law by requiring that school districts base 20 % of each teacher's evaluation on student achievement growth measures -LTeacher Evaluation and Support System (T - TESS) violates state law by requiring that school districts base 20 % of each teacher's evaluation on student achievement growth measures -LSBstate law by requiring that school districts base 20 % of each teacher's evaluation on student achievement growth measures -Lteacher's evaluation on student achievement growth measures -LSB-...]

Teachers unions allege that sending public dollars to nonpublic schools violates the state's constitution, and they are challenging the law in court.

LA Unified violated state employment laws by imposing an evaluation system on members of its teacher union, UTLA, a state agency said in a tentative ruling made public today.

In 2012, the Louisiana legislature made it more difficult for teachers to receive tenure but a judge ruled earlier this year that the law violates the state constitution.

Ruling in Vergara v. California, Treu struck down five decades - old California laws governing teacher tenure and other job protections on the grounds that they violate the state's constitution.

The Washington teachers union and other associations sued and threatened the state's new charter school law, and in September 2015 the state supreme court ruled independent public charter schools violate the state constitution.

Several Los Angeles parents had sued the district, saying that failure to use student test scores in teacher evaluations, as they argued a state law known as the Stull Act required, was violating their children's» rights to equal educational opportunity.

A California judge has ruled that the state's teacher tenure laws, dismissal procedures, and lay - off processes are unconstitutional because they violate students» civil rights to an equal education.

The federal lawsuit, which is also backed by the National Education Association and the Florida Education Association, says that some teachers» rights are being violated because they are being assessed based on students that sometimes aren't even in their classroom — a byproduct, critics say, of the law's requirement that test scores account for a part of educators» pay even if there are no state exams in that grade or subject area.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant affirmed his preliminary ruling this week, finding that the district has violated a 40 - year - old state law, known as the Stull Act, requiring that evaluations of teachers and principals include measures of how much students learn what the state and district expects them to know.

on Connecticut charter schools violate state law with use of uncertified teachers and administrators

A slew of anti-school choice activists, including the teachers union, state school boards association, and the state PTA, filed two separate legal challenges against the state's school choice laws, alleging that they violate the state constitution's historically anti-Catholic Blaine Amendment, which prohibits public funds from being expended at religious schools, and the state's «uniformity» clause.

California's teacher tenure laws were deemed unconstitutional by a state superior court judge because they violate the right to an equal education.

Stefan Pryor has continually violated state law, and sought to downgrade and diminish the professionalism of teachers and school administrators.

Last month, a California judge in Vergara v. State of California ruled that teacher tenure laws deprive students of their right to an education under the state Constitution and violate their civil riState of California ruled that teacher tenure laws deprive students of their right to an education under the state Constitution and violate their civil ristate Constitution and violate their civil rights.

These kids had sued California, claiming that teacher tenure, layoff, and dismissal laws violated our state's constitution.