Lansing teachers win right to sue over discipline

[Bozita]

Last Updated: August 02. 2010 11:14AM
Lansing teachers win right to sue over discipline
Associated Press


Lansing -- The Michigan Supreme Court says Lansing teachers had a right to sue the school district over how it disciplined students accused of assault.

The decision Sunday night is significant because it goes beyond teachers. It overturns previous rulings that had restricted access to Michigan's courts for many parties.

The court's majority says it's simply restoring a right that was in place for decades, but conservative justices in the minority predict a flood of new cases.

The case involved a lawsuit by Lansing teachers and their union. They said the school district should have expelled four students, not suspended them, for throwing chairs and other bad behavior.

A state appeals court last year said teachers had no right to challenge how school officials discipline students.


From The Detroit News: http://www.detnews.com/article/20100802/SCHOOLS/8020384/1361/Lansing-teachers-win-right-to-sue-over-discipline#ixzz0vSqMsR5W

[Starry Messenger]

1. They should have just fired all the teachers.

Obviously they weren't engaging enough to keep children from throwing chairs. If they try harder, the children stay in their chairs and pay attention. :sarcasm:

[whathehell]

2. Funny! n/t

[ProgressiveProfessor]

3. I know of a case where the teacher asked for a got a TRO against a student for violence and stalking

The district then transferred the teacher to a school furthest away from her home. She was also verbally reprimanded for interfering with the district disciplinary process. She was denied redress in the courts and the union said it could do nothing. *sigh*