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School employees can exempt themselves from teacher planning and preparation period but NOT benefits from federal law, such as the Family and Medical Leave Act.
What is DOI (Districts of Innovation)
Under Temporary Disability Leave, what happens if a teacher is due back from disability leave and there are no openings on the campus where the teacher taught, and the principal does not want to take the employee back?
The attorney concluded that the teacher must be placed on their former campus unless another principal voluntarily accepts the employee.
In the case of _______ a teacher was placed in involuntary leave of absence without pay until she submitted a psychological evaluation finding her fit to teach.
What is Moore v. Dallas I.S.D.
School district employees are entitled to 5 days of __________ each year.
What is Personal Leave
Most school districts are not required to participate in federal social security, but are required to belong to the _______.
What is TRS (Teacher Retirement System of Texas)
The 2011 legislature adopted measures that affect Teacher Retirement, 1 provision is uniform school year of September 1 through August 31. What are the other 2 provisions?
2nd: TRS may purchase additional service credit for time spent on active duty with the armed forces, and
3rd: Changes the rules with regard to the hiring of retirees.
Ms.Charles-Washington was knocked down by a student who was running late to class, the student immediately apolozied and said it was an accident. Was this an accident or an Assault?
It was ruled as an Assault.
State law requires teachers to have 450 minutes period for instructional preparation, parent-teacher conferences and planning of at least 45 minutes during a school day.
What is planning and preparation period.
The Castleberry I.S.D. adopted a policy containing three restrictions that were challenged. What were the 3 restrictions.
Employees were not permitted to:
1) take more than 2 days consecutive days of leave
2) If another employee in the same Cat. was already on leave.
3) Take leave on the day before a holiday.
Classroom teachers and full-time librarians are entitled to at least a 30-minute lunch period free of all duties and responsibilities.
What is Duty-Free Lunch.
In what case did the teachers argued that their contracts incorporated the health plan coverage and could not be changed in the midyear.
What is Ector County TSTA/NEA v. Ector County I.S.D.,2000
During the planning and preparation period, administrators cannot require teachers to participate in any other activity. This is in what TEC section?
What is section TEC §21.404
TEC § 22.004 requires each school district to offer its employees ______.
What is Health Insurance
What is Houston v. Port Isabel I.S.D. (2016)
Employees are entitled to take a certain number of days, and possibility up to 2 full years necessary to recuperate from all physical injuries.
What is Assault Leave