Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Fired New Orleans Teachers Can Continue Suit, Court Rules

A state appellate court in Louisiana has upheld a decision allowing a lawsuit brought on behalf of former Orleans Parish school employees to move forward.

A three-member panel of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, in New Orleans, ruled on March 8 that the employees can continue the case in state court.

The lawsuit contends that the Louisiana law that let the state take over more than 100 schools in the city violated workers’ rights to due process and compensation, as implemented.

Read the Education Week article here.

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