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In November, in a draft report, the committee recommended that teachers undergo a performance review every five years or face dismissal; but the process for dismissal is long and complicated.
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Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan (D-Alamo), the bill's author, said the current appeal process for dismissals "takes too long and costs too much money, diverting valuable resources from the classrooms".
And he found the process for firing them "to be so complex, time consuming and expensive as to make an effective, efficient yet fair dismissal of a grossly ineffective teacher illusory".
The law, which the Legislature passed in 2011 with bipartisan support, provides a process for the early dismissal of meritless legal claims filed to intimidate critics — so-called strategic lawsuits against public participation, or SLAPPs.
Or you have to initiate an often-long process of documenting grounds for dismissal.
It removes teacher seniority as the top consideration during layoffs and streamlines the dismissal process for teachers who perform poorly.
Mr. Levy's memorandum to superintendents and principals also disclosed details of provisions to speed up the dismissal process for teachers whom principals want to fire for teaching badly.
Bloomberg maintained that the union had scuttled the deal with last-minute demands, such as a "sunset clause" that would extend the dismissal process for ineffective teachers.
Ms. Moskowitz, a Manhattan Democrat, said Mr. Bloomberg should insist on a swifter dismissal process for incompetent teachers, the elimination of seniority privileges in teaching assignments, the lifting of restrictive work rules, and a new pay scale, including merit bonuses and higher pay for teachers in subjects like math where shortages exist.
Police Commissioner Bernard B. Kerik said yesterday that he would expedite the dismissal process for a half-dozen officers accused in drunken-driving accidents, including Officer Joseph Gray, the man charged with fatally running down a Brooklyn family after a daylong drinking binge earlier this month.
Second, that unions streamline the dismissal process for poorly performing teachers to a four-to-six-month period.
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