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To Non-Renew or Not Non-Renew -- Key Considerations for Connecticut School Districts Facing Budget Shortfalls

Every year as May 1 approaches, Connecticut school districts are confronted with an unpleasant, albeit familiar, process.  For better or worse, teacher non-renewal is a fact of life under the Teacher Tenure Act and the...more

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Teacher Dismissal Upheld for Conduct Not Directly Related to Previous Notice to Remedy

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For school personnel administrators, it is a frustrating but typical experience to have a teachers’ union representative object to warnings and directives on the grounds that the warning is too broad, or not directly on point...more

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Illinois Appellate Court: Teacher’s Repeated Cheating Is Irremediable Cause for Dismissal

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The Illinois Appellate Court recently affirmed the dismissal of a tenured fifth-grade teacher accused of intentionally breaking the seals on standardized test booklets to help students cheat on the test....more

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Can A University Terminate For Tenured Teacher’s Twitter Tweaks?

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A series of Twitter posts from a tenured Fresno State English professor about former First Lady Barbara Bush has once again sparked a national conversation about how the First Amendment applies in the university setting, and...more

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Impact of the 'Students First' Decision on Non-Teacher Employees of School Districts

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Judge Rolf Treu’s decision in the Students First case is effectively an indictment of the termination process of all California public school employees, not just teachers....more

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California Court Finds Teacher Tenure, Layoff, and Dismissal Laws Unconstitutional

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School leaders across the country are buzzing about a California Superior Court’s recent tentative ruling that the state’s teacher tenure, dismissal, and layoff laws violate the equal protection clause of the California...more

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Appellate Court: Tenured Teachers May be Terminated for “Disability” Without Violating CFEPA

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The Connecticut Appellate Court yesterday released two notable employment law decisions. They won’t become “official” until April 30, 2013, so you have some time to digest them. I’ll cover one today and leave the other for a...more

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