Support Legislation to Streamline Teacher Dismissal Process to Keep Students Safe
Call and Email Members
of the Senate Education Committee in Support of AB 215
Lawmakers in Sacramento need to
hear from you on AB 215 by Assembly Member Joan Buchanan and principal
co-authors Senator Lou Correa and Senator Alex Padilla. CTA-supported AB 215
seeks to protect students, streamline the teacher dismissal process, safeguard
the integrity of the profession, and protect our due process rights. CTA has
always supported changes to the dismissal process that protect students and are
fair to educators. That is why CTA worked with education stakeholders,
lawmakers and the governor's office on this measure. It is extremely important for
lawmakers to hear from educators on AB 215!
215 is scheduled for a hearing in the Senate
Education Committee Weds., April 30, so they need to hear from you today!
Your emails and calls to Senators serving on that committee are vital to
helping gain the majority vote needed to move the bill.
Text the words CTA Action to 69866 to
be connected directly to your senator on the education committee via your cell phone.
(Standard text rates apply.)
Then follow up by clicking
through to the CTA
Legislative Action Center, where you can send a quick email to these
senators whose vote on Wednesday will decide the bill's fate.
Urge your Senator to vote YES
- AB 215 prioritizes, expedites
and streamlines the dismissal process to keep students safe, while also safeguarding
the integrity of the profession and protecting the due process rights of
- AB 215 provides immediate
protections for students by creating a separate hearing process for education
employees who are charged with egregious misconduct such as sexual abuse, child
abuse and specific drug crimes.
- AB 215 also establishes clear
and timely procedures for dismissal in non-egregious misconduct cases. By
expediting and streamlining the hearing process, districts will not be allowed
to drag on investigations of educators who are falsely accused.
Here is more information about
AB 215: talking
sheet, a comparison
sheet of current law vs. AB 215 and a closer
look at the two hearing processes.
Thanks for taking action on this very important piece of