Washington state school board includes morality clause in superintendent’s contract
Richland School District’s new superintendent’s contract includes a provision requiring the superintendent to do his job morally.
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NC bill would bar school districts from suing county over annual budget appropriation
The North Carolina legislature is considering legislation that would end a school board’s ability to sue its county board of commissioners over school funding.
Continue reading...Maryland Legislature Approves Bill Repealing One School Board’s Authority to Hire Superintendent
Maryland lawmakers gave final approval to a bill restructuring the Prince George’s County school system. The bill, which now heads to the governor, gives Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D) more authority over the struggling system, including the power to select its new superintendent, appoint three members to the school board, and name the board chair and vice chair.
Continue reading...Georgia board seeks removal from suit filed against state by ousted board members
According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the DeKalb County School Board, in its first meeting staffed by six new members, voted unanimously to remove the school district as a plaintiff in a lawsuit filed against the state by the six board members ousted by the governor.
Continue reading...North Carolina State Board of Education set to vote whether to approve statewide online charter schools
The News & Observer reports that the North Carolina State Board of Education plans to vote on a special application for virtual schools that want to run public charters and receive taxpayer money.
Continue reading...Federal suit claims Texas district’s voting system for board members disenfranchises Hispanics
According to The Dallas Morning News, Manny Benavidez, an unsuccessful school board candidate, has filed suit against Irving Independent School District and its board alleging that the district’s new voting system is designed to disenfranchise Hispanics.
Continue reading...Oregon charter school founders accused of $20M fraud
According to The Oregonian, Tim King and Norm Donohoe, who ran a chain of taxpayer-funded charter schools across small-town Oregon from their headquarters in Clackamas, have scammed the state out of $17 million and must repay that plus $2.7 million more, the state said in a recent court filing.
Continue reading...Former West Virginia schools superintendent plans to sue state board for firing
According to the Associated Press in Education Week, Jorea Marple, former West Virginia schools superintendent, plans to sue the State Board of Education for what her lawyers are calling her illegal dismissal and will ask for “serious” damages, the attorneys said recently.
Continue reading...Virginia district pays $141,000 to defend, then settles, lawsuit with teacher falsely accused of student sexual molestation
The Washington Post reports that after Fairfax County school teacher Sean Lanigan was acquitted of molesting a 12-year-old girl in 2010, he asked the Fairfax school district to reimburse his legal fees, as Virginia law allows.
Continue reading...Iowa judge orders board members to jail for failing to reinstate high school principal
As reported in the Quad City Times, Cedar County District Judge Mark Smith has ordered members of the Durant School Board to serve 30 days in the Cedar County Jail for violating a court order in how the board was to restore Monica Rouse to her job as Durant High School principal.
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