With many new changes to the legal system starting this year, including the passage of AB 420 which makes it more difficult to suspend and expel students, it will now be easier for school employees to be fired for misconduct in comparison to the bureaucratic procedures that have been typically applied to past cases.
Existing law prohibits a permanent school employee from being dismissed from their job, except for causes including immoral or unprofessional conduct, but with the newly signed law, Assembly Bill (AB) 215, the law is extended to additionally include “egregious misconduct” as basis for dismissal.
While teachers may not be fired for just any reason and the law does state that there must be a dismissal process that is both fair and efficient, the reasons extended include unsatisfactory performance and evidence of unfitness for service; unprofessional conduct; dishonesty; persistent violations of refusal to obey governing laws; conviction of a felony of any crime involving immorality and involvements in criminal syndicalism; a physical or mental condition, or substance abuse issue that would cause an employee to be unfit to work with children.
Permanent school employees may be suspended without pay on the grounds of unprofessional conduct; in districts with daily average attendance of less than 250 students, the rule can also be applied to probationary employees.
Prior to AB 215, school boards could immediately suspend, and give notice of dismissal upon filing written charges relating to wrongdoing against school employees; with the passage of AB 215, suspended employees are able to file for a hearing to reverse their suspension.
A school district’s governing board is required to give notice to the school employee charged of wrongdoing with intention to either dismiss or suspend employment, and a written statement of the charges. After 30 days from the notice being served to the employee in question, the designated action would be taken unless a hearing is demanded.
Extending to actions considered “egregious misconduct” authorizes school districts to amend charges prior to 90 days before a hearing, so long as written notice has been served and good cause is shown. Additionally, accused employees have the opportunity to respond to charges alleged against them under the new law.
Additionally, under previous law, school boards were not allowed to give notice of dismissal or suspension to school employees during summer months between May 15 and Sept. 15, but with the passage of the new law, notice may be given at any time.
Essentially, the newly adopted law allows school districts to fire teachers with less bureaucratic red tape standing in the way should they be found guilty of serious wrongdoing.
For more information on the new law, click here.
Like a morals clause? Finally! Maybe these teachers and administrator’s who are sleeping around with each other can be demoted or fired. And while everyone knows what happened to the teacher who’s salacious pictures ended up all over Turlock (nothing) what will happen to the THS Principal who had an affair with the Ag teacher (who is now teaching in Merced) while her husband is still teaching there? And there is so much more.
So stupid Guest, do you think it is the school districts job to keep track of who is sleeping with who and fire teachers if they dont approve? Maybe we could see who you are (*edited by tcn) too and make that public knowledge. Mind your own damn business..
Lol to “the guest”, it clearly shows you have nothing better to do than worry about what people are doing in their spare time or who they are screwing. If you didn’t see it with your own eyes, or hear it with your own ears…don’t make it up with your small mind and share it with your big mouth. If their actions don’t involve you, don’t involve yourself with their actions aka mind your own business!
DJ isn’t too popular at THS, he (*edited by tcn) there in the late 80’s and got kicked out. I love hear people’s reaction when they find out their “beloved” Dr. Rob Santos is behind this website & pays the bills.
Yeah to the guest what happened happened that’s why they made a new law quit sniveling and be glad that there’s a new law if you’re a teacher and your legit and professional then you have nothing to worry about
I heard that Guest-Guest who’s a woman was sleeping with her kids woman teacher and then the teacher left her for Guest-Guest’s husband but the husband was sleeping with the principal and the teacher is in trouble now. That is why she has the right to be concerned about who is sleeping with who.
It’s hard to mind your own business when your child comes home and tells you how the principal is coming into the ag teacher’s class and there is obviously more than school business going on between them. These people who are supposed to be good examples to our students are the reason I’m not sending my younger child into this den of iniquity known as the public school system.
And this dysfunction is not limited to Turlock. In Hughson we have the Vice Superintendent and principal of the middle school who had an affair, destroyed their families, and now they plan to marry. A match made in hell!
My son would not have made it through high school without Mr. Russell and my interactions with the THS Principal have always been positive and she seems to really care about students. I hope people in this town can move on as God knows there have been stories for years about the other high school Principal in this town and even the last THS Principal for that matter. Turlock is better than this crap on TCN.
Character counts? I guess only if you’re a student. Once you’re an adult and supposed to be a role model, anything goes. That’s what they are actually teaching our children.