Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-2015
Publication Source
School Business Affairs
Abstract
A recent trial court order (Vergara v. State of California 2014), which Governor Jerry Brown has already appealed (Nagourney 2014), has sent shock waves through the ranks of teachers and their unions because it threatens what is perhaps educators’ most cherished prize: tenure.
In Vergara, the court invalidated five statutes addressing tenure, procedural safeguards relating to teacher dismissal, and seniority as violating the equal protection clause in the California constitution. The court ruled that the challenged laws “impose a real and appreciable impact on students’ fundamental right to equality of education and that they impose a disproportionate burden on poor and minority students” (p. *4).
Whether Vergara is about to serve as a bellwether signaling that teacher tenure is an idea whose time has passed or is an aberration in the fight over improving the quality of education for all children remains to be seen. Certainly, though, Vergara is the first chapter in a saga that will play itself out in coming years in California and then perhaps beyond.
Inclusive pages
36-39
ISBN/ISSN
0036-651X
Document Version
Published Version
Copyright
Copyright © 2015, ASBO International
Publisher
Association of School Business Officials
Volume
81
Issue
1
Place of Publication
Reston, VA
eCommons Citation
Russo, Charles J., "Has Teacher Tenure’s Time Passed?" (2015). Educational Leadership Faculty Publications. 176.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/eda_fac_pub/176
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Courts Commons, Education Law Commons, Elementary and Middle and Secondary Education Administration Commons, Elementary Education and Teaching Commons, Junior High, Intermediate, Middle School Education and Teaching Commons, Secondary Education and Teaching Commons
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