Appeals court reinstates case by Muslim over scarf [The Recorder / School Law Blog, 3/16/11]: A federal appeals court unanimously reinstated a lawsuit Tuesday filed by a Muslim woman who accused Southern California jailers of violating her religious freedom when they ordered her to take off her head scarf in a courthouse holding cell. The School Law Blog also posted on this case.
Calif. Court of Appeal Clarifies Classified Employee Reemployment Status [CSEA v. Governing Bd. East Side Union School Dist. (CA6 H034866 3/15/11), 3/15/11]: A permanent classified employee contends that upon being laid off and thereafter reemployed by the district in a different, lower position, she retains her permanent status and may not be required to serve a probationary period in the new position. The Court of Appeal ruled that the statutory scheme does not support her contention. It held that such an employee’s permanent status is restricted to the position or class in which it was attained and is not retained when the employee is reemployed in a different, lower position.
As pink slip deadline arrives, more than 20,000 teachers laid off [California Watch, 3/15/11]: March 15 has become an annual ritual marked by pain and distress for thousands of California teachers who will receive pink slips by the end of the day today, or will be waiting to receive them in the mail.
Deadline for pink slips for thousands of teachers arrives today [California Watch, 3/15/11]: March 15 has become an annual ritual marked by pain and distress for thousands of California teachers who will receive pink slips by the end of the day today, or will be waiting to receive them in the mail.
Ramanathan: Districts will lay off some of their best and brightest today; that must change [Thoughts on Public Education, 3/15/11]: Kaitlin Donovan, Nicholas Melvoin, Emilie Smith, and Tyler Hester didn’t expect to get a layoff notice. They were the kind of teachers typically romanticized in Hollywood movies.
Fensterwald: Educators get schooled in politics [Educated Guess, 3/15/11]: Many offices were visited; many words were spoken; few, if any, minds were changed Monday, the Association of California School Administrators’ annual Legislative Action Day.
Union blasts state bill for teachers [Inland Daily Bulletin, 3/15/11]: Some union leaders are blasting an education reform bill introduced in Sacramento that would base teacher layoffs on performance rather than seniority. State Sen. Bob Huff, R-Walnut, proposed the bill to give school districts more flexibility to retain top educators. The San Bernardino Sun also has the story (3/13/11].
Last-in, first-out layoff policies hit some schools harder than others [Oakland Tribune, 3/15/11]: The Oakland school district has sent layoff warnings to more than one-fifth of its teaching staff. It was an extreme step, and school officials say they took it to prepare for an extreme budget scenario: the loss of as much as $900 in state funding per student, or $30 million.
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