Post by Logan on Jan 26, 2016 14:46:47 GMT -6
New York teachers are suing the state over new regulations that allow superintendents to impose teacher improvement plans on underperforming teachers without negotiating them with their union first.
New York State United Teachers and six local unions, including Troy and Schenectady teachers’ groups, are listed as plaintiffs in the suit. The Board of Regents, which sets education policy for the state, and the State Education Department, which writes the state’s rules and regulations pertaining to education, are listed as defendants, along with their leaders, Chancellor Merryl Tisch and Commissioner MaryEllen Elia.
Unions say the new regulations violate their collective bargaining rights, not to mention the state’s Taylor Law, which governs public employee contracts and negotiations and stipulates that all teacher evaluation and disciplinary procedures must be negotiated.
The regulations also granted the state new authority to make “corrective action” on teacher evaluations plans that had already been negotiated and approved — a clear infringement of a binding legal contract, unions say.
Read more: blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/245597/unions-sue-ny-over-teacher-evaluation-changes/
New York State United Teachers and six local unions, including Troy and Schenectady teachers’ groups, are listed as plaintiffs in the suit. The Board of Regents, which sets education policy for the state, and the State Education Department, which writes the state’s rules and regulations pertaining to education, are listed as defendants, along with their leaders, Chancellor Merryl Tisch and Commissioner MaryEllen Elia.
Unions say the new regulations violate their collective bargaining rights, not to mention the state’s Taylor Law, which governs public employee contracts and negotiations and stipulates that all teacher evaluation and disciplinary procedures must be negotiated.
The regulations also granted the state new authority to make “corrective action” on teacher evaluations plans that had already been negotiated and approved — a clear infringement of a binding legal contract, unions say.
Read more: blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/245597/unions-sue-ny-over-teacher-evaluation-changes/