These contractual provisions require teachers who break contracts to pay a specific dollar amount.
What are liquidated damages?
100
This status is granted to an Illinois certified teacher after four years of service.
Who is tenure?
100
Agreeing to meet at reasonable times; considering and responding to proposals
What is good faith bargaining?
100
This is a connection between a teacher's conduct and the teacher's effectiveness.
What is a nexus?
200
Paperwork filed in a lawsuit; it includes the harm done and the remedy being requested.
What is a complaint?
200
This court order requires someone to do something or refrain from doing something.
What is an injunction?
200
This teacher dismissal is based on a school district decision that a reduction in teaching staff is necessary for financial reasons.
What is riffing or reduction in force?
200
This prohibits the union from discriminating against any of its members during negotiations.
What is the duty of fair representation?
200
These adjustments are made to make a system fair for individuals with a proven need.
What are reasonable accommodations?
300
Teachers are governed by these three main types of laws.
What are statutory law, constitutional law, and common law?
300
This case involved a teacher who sued for damages suffered when he was discharged from a four-week contract after only two days on the job.
What is The Loup Case?
300
This deliberate defiance of school authority or rules can lead to a teacher's dismissal.
What is insubordination?
300
This is an alternative to monetary damages.
What is injunctive relief?
300
These laws prohibit individuals from being treated unfairly due to race, age, and sexual orientation
What are discrimination statutes?
400
These disputes involve federal law or U.S. Constitution claims.
What are federal question cases?
400
This means that a contract cannot require the parties to commit a crime or act against public policy.
What is legal subject matter?
400
This is a legitimate claim of entitlement that is defined by existing rules or understandings.
What is property interest?
400
This requires employees who are not union members to pay fees to the union as a condition of employment
What is fair share or agency shop?
400
This written document formally accuses someone of violating a law or laws against the public authority, such as selling drugs.
What is a criminal indictment?
500
The process by which the U.S. Supreme Court can pick and choose the cases it wishes to hear.
What is writ of certiorari?
500
These court orders can force school officials to comply with the terms of a contract.
What are writs of mandamus?
500
This behavior violates the rules or ethical code of the teaching profession.
What is unprofessional conduct?
500
This provides that no changes in wages, hours, and other terms/conditions of employment that are not covered in the contract can be made without the union’s agreement
What is a maintenance clause?
500
This legal concept prohibits public schools from engaging in intentional discrimination.