Legal Opinion
Sch. Dist. No. 1 in the Cnty. of Denver v. Denver Classroom Teachers Ass'n
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided January 14, 2019No. 17SC139, SchoolPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JUSTICE SAMOUR delivered the Opinion of the Court.
¶1 The English Learning Acquisition (ELA) program aims to assist students who have limited English language proficiency. A federal court's Consent Order requires School District No. 1 in Denver and its Board of Education (collectively "the District") to staff teachers who are "fully qualified" to teach English language learners. Starting in the mid-1990s, the District compensated its teachers for ELA training. But the District discontinued that practice after the 2006-07 school year.
¶2 Believing that the decision to stop paying teachers for…
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