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Governor insists: End seniority-based layoffs
- 06-23-2010
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Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess
Last week, it looked like plaintiffs for children suing the state and Sen. President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg had cut a deal to protect students in low-income schools from disproportionate layoffs of their teachers. This week, that appears a no-go. Secretary of Education Bonnie Reiss said yesterday that Gov. Schwarzenegger would veto SB 1285, the bill Steinberg is sponsoring to try to settle the suit, unless it includes a requirement that school districts lay off teachers based on performance, not on seniority. “The Steinberg bill is not what children need,” Reiss said in an interview. “It does not ensure that children in low-performing districts will have effective teachers.” (more...)
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