Democrats sponsor New York bill that will allow supervisors to ignore seniority in teacher layoffs.

[Better Believe It]

Bill Would Allow Layoffs of Teachers With Seniority
By JENNIFER MEDINA
April 12, 2010

When the Bloomberg administration raised the prospect of teacher layoffs this year, administration officials complained that they would be forced to get rid of the youngest newest teachers, and called on legislators to rewrite the seniority rules.

That wish may be one step closer. Two Democratic state lawmakers have sponsored a bill that would give principals in New York City the power to choose who should lose their jobs if the city needs to lay off teachers because of budget cuts.

The bill is certain to raise the ire of teachers’ unions, which remain a powerful force in Albany. It could provoke also a new round of battles between the United Federation of Teachers and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who have had an icy relationship for months and are fighting over a new teachers’ contract.

Read the full article at:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/13/education/13layoffs.html?ref=nyregion

[EFerrari]

1. Lovely.

[JDPriestly]

2. Advice to the young: Don't bother to get a teaching degree.

Become a medical technician or a nurse instead.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. And what a coincidence: Teachers with seniority are paid a higher salary than the newbies.

Wonder if that will influence who gets laid off?

[Smarmie Doofus]

4. I know there are two Reuben Diaz-es in the Bronx.

One is a notoriously screwy and homophobic "Reverend"; the other is his son... who is thought to be not as crazy. Which one is the senate? And why do I get the feeling that some good thing$ are going to be coming his way from the Bloomberg administration if he agrees to sponsor this bill?




>>>>The city appealed to State Senator Rubén Díaz of the Bronx to sponsor the bill in the Senate, although just last year Mr. Díaz said that Mr. Klein should be fired.

“I used to be angry at the way they were treating parents,” Mr. Díaz said. “Now this would allow parents to have a role. If a school needs to get rid of teachers, they should be able to decide their own special needs.”>>>>

[Raineyb]

5. And someone thought it was "stunning" that I consider my registration as a Democrat

merely something that must be done out of expediency.

Albany never ceases to be a source of embarrassment.

[Historic NY]

6. I really think the city should be partitioned from the rest of the state.