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Research Shows that Contractual Teacher Work Rules Can Impact a District’s Ability to Address Student Needs

By Shipman & Goodwin LLP on April 30, 2014

Posted in Board of Education, Generally, Board Organization, Authority and Responsibilities, Certified Staff and Collective Bargaining, Collective Bargaining, Generally, Rights of Teachers, Teacher Employment, Evaluation and Dismissal

For anyone who has been involved in the collective bargaining process for a teachers’ contract, they are fully aware of the scope and extent of

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Custodian’s Remark About “Bringing the School Down With Me” Sufficient Cause for Termination

By Shipman & Goodwin LLP on March 3, 2014

Posted in Board of Education, Generally, Board Organization, Authority and Responsibilities, Certified Staff and Collective Bargaining, Collective Bargaining, Responsibilities

The Connecticut State Board of Mediation and Arbitration recently held that a board of education possessed just cause to discharge an employee who expressed suicidal

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Teacher’s Breach of Contract Claim Dismissed Without Union Involvement

By Shipman & Goodwin LLP on February 28, 2014

Posted in Certified Staff and Collective Bargaining, Collective Bargaining, Dismissal, Teacher Employment, Evaluation and Dismissal

A tenured teacher who was laid off due to budget cuts brought an action in Superior Court against her board of education for breach of

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FOI Commission Rules that Teachers’ Interest Arbitration Hearing Should Have Been Open to the Public

By Shipman & Goodwin LLP on March 8, 2011

Posted in Board Organization, Authority and Responsibilities, Certified Staff and Collective Bargaining, Collective Bargaining, Collective Bargaining, Generally, Freedom of Information

The Freedom of Information Commission has ruled that the evidentiary portion of the 2010 Torrington teachers’ interest arbitration hearing should have been open to the…
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Project Opening Doors Award Upheld

By Peter J. Murphy on November 4, 2009

Posted in Board of Education, Generally, Board Organization, Authority and Responsibilities, Certified Staff and Collective Bargaining, Collective Bargaining, Collective Bargaining, Generally, Finances

Project Opening Doors (“POD”) is a new program offered on a nation-wide basis through the National Math and Science Initiative (“NMSI”). POD is designed to…
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New Haven Teachers’ Contract Gaining National Attention

By Christopher A. Tracey on October 23, 2009

Posted in Certified Staff and Collective Bargaining, Collective Bargaining, Collective Bargaining, Generally

The newly-settled contract between the New Haven Board of Education and the New Haven Federation of Teachers has been getting attention nationally. The terms of

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