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Education

Mar. 13, 2012

Teacher dismissals: an expensive, cumbersome process

Dismissing a teacher is not easy - the process schools districts must follow. By Michele M. Goldsmith of Bergman Dacey Goldsmith


In recent weeks, the media has flooded us with news of teachers being fired and removed from classrooms amid allegations of lewd or sexual conduct with students. What has not been reported, however, is the lengthy, cumbersome, and expensive process that a school district must undertake to dismiss a teacher.


Unlike private sector employees, public school teachers have vested property rights in their positions. Accordingly, school districts must provide "due p...

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