Fischer v. Los Angeles Unified School District

Opinion

KITCHING, J.

Introduction

In this appeal, we reconcile provisions of the Education Code, which give a board of education an absolute right not to reelect 1 probationary employees, with the open meeting requirement of the Ralph M. Brown Act, which requires that certain employees be given written notice of a right to have “specific complaints or charges” against them heard in open session. We conclude that Government Code section 54957 2 and Education Code section 44929.21 permit a school board not to reelect probationary teachers in a closed session, and that an evaluation of performance…