A REVIEW OF THE TEACHER LAYOFF PROCESS IN CALIFORNIA
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California's system for laying off public school teachers is costly and overly restrictive and could be improved by changing state law to give school districts more leeway in making personnel decisions, a report released Thursday said.
Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor surveyed school officials about the timing and cost of sending pink slips to teachers and found it to be an expensive, often unwieldy and always demoralizing process for cash-strapped districts statewide.
He also analyzed California's seniority-based system for laying off employees and suggested that districts also include student and teacher performance and other elements as a way to retain their highest-quality