Post by Logan on Feb 15, 2016 3:35:31 GMT -6
RALEIGH -- North Carolina teachers will get a show of support on Monday from police organizations and retired state workers as their fight to keep tenure goes to the state’s highest court.
The N.C. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on Monday in a legal dispute over public-school teacher pay and policy reforms from 2013 that led to protest marches and rallies in the state capital.
At issue is whether a plan to phase out tenure adopted in 2013 amounted to an illegal taking of contract and property rights.
The N.C. Court of Appeals found that to be the case in a 2-1 ruling in June 2015 that buoyed the hopes of teachers and created an obstacle for Republicans pushing an end to tenure as part of an education-reform agenda.
Read more here: www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article60389341.html
The N.C. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on Monday in a legal dispute over public-school teacher pay and policy reforms from 2013 that led to protest marches and rallies in the state capital.
At issue is whether a plan to phase out tenure adopted in 2013 amounted to an illegal taking of contract and property rights.
The N.C. Court of Appeals found that to be the case in a 2-1 ruling in June 2015 that buoyed the hopes of teachers and created an obstacle for Republicans pushing an end to tenure as part of an education-reform agenda.
Read more here: www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article60389341.html