Court: Teacher refusing training can be fired:
"Veteran schoolteachers who refuse training that qualifies them to instruct students who speak only limited English can be fired, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday."
A San Joaquin County school district that ordered all its teachers to take language training was within its authority to begin dismissal proceedings against a tenured high school music teacher who defied the requirement, said the Third District Court of Appeal in Sacramento.
The teacher, Theresa Messick of Ripon High School, is considering an appeal to the state Supreme Court, her lawyer said.
The ruling is the first to address districts' authority under a recent state law that requires teachers to get special training to work in classes that include students not fluent in English - about one-fifth of California's total enrollment. The law also requires schools to make all their programs available to those students. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/29/BAI519UG02.DTL#ixzz0SamLErUF
"Veteran schoolteachers who refuse training that qualifies them to instruct students who speak only limited English can be fired, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday."
A San Joaquin County school district that ordered all its teachers to take language training was within its authority to begin dismissal proceedings against a tenured high school music teacher who defied the requirement, said the Third District Court of Appeal in Sacramento.
The teacher, Theresa Messick of Ripon High School, is considering an appeal to the state Supreme Court, her lawyer said.
The ruling is the first to address districts' authority under a recent state law that requires teachers to get special training to work in classes that include students not fluent in English - about one-fifth of California's total enrollment. The law also requires schools to make all their programs available to those students. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/29/BAI519UG02.DTL#ixzz0SamLErUF