Legal Opinion
Mazzella v. Bedford Central School District
New York Supreme Court
Decided July 21, 2015PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Francesca E. Connolly, J.
Summary
In 2010, Education Law § 3020-a was amended to create an expedited hearing process for the termination of teachers charged with “incompetence” based upon a “pattern of ineffective teaching,” statutorily defined as “two consecutive annual ineffective ratings received by a classroom teacher” (see Education Law §§ 3020-a [3] [c] [i-a] [former (A)]; 3012-c [6], as added by L 2010, ch 103, §§ 1, 5). In this matter, the respondent Bedford Central School District charged the petitioner, a tenured music teacher, with incompetence and recommended a…
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