Sen. Padilla drops his teacher dismissal bill

Two days after Assemblymember Joan Buchanan, D-Alamo, introduced a bill that would make it quicker and potentially cheaper to fire teachers, Sen. Alex Padillo, D-Los Angeles, has shelved his controversial version of a teacher dismissal bill and signed on as a principal co-author of hers. Their joining forces signals that a bill addressing the dismissal issue will have better odds of getting to Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk this year. See story earlier this week for more details.

 

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