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ASSIGNMENTS USING ISSUES IN PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL LAW
TEACHER DISMISSAL
1. What are the causes for which a tenured teacher may be dismissed? ( School
Code 5-527, 5-514. 11-1122 )
2. What are the causes for which an untenured teacher may be dismissed? ( School
Code 5-527, 5-514, 11-1108, 11-1122 )
3. Regarding dismisal, what choice does a tenured teacher have concerning the
procedures to be followed regarding dismissal?
4. Does an untenured teacher have this choice?
5. How does procedural due process differ for tenured and untenured teachers
regarding hearings? (School Code 11-1126, 11-1127, 11-1129, 11-1130 ; also see
Local Agency Law )
6. How does the appeals process differ for tenured and untenured teachers (
School Code 11-1131, 22 Pa Code 351.3 through 351.9; also see Local Agency Law
and Appeals Process )
7. What is the definition of incompetence? ( see these Cases: Horosko, August,
Cerra; read some of the other cases )
8. How is incompetence determined? ( School Code 11-1123 )
9. What is the definition of cruelty? ( see these cases: Caffas, Landi, Bovino
)
10. What is the definition of immorality? What is the name of the judicial test
for immorality? ( see these cases: Horosko, Ehrhart; read some of the other
cases. )
10. What role does the General Assembly play in the area of the dismissal of
teachers?
11. What role does the State Board of Education play in this area?
12. What role does the local school board play in this area?
13. What role does the local school administration play in this area?