Governing Board of Ripon Unified School District v. Commission on Professional Competence

Opinion

NICHOLSON, J.

We address in this appeal a school district’s authority to impose a new condition of employment on its teachers in order to satisfy a legislative mandate. State law requires all public school students who are not fluent in English to be taught by teachers who have been certified to teach such English learners. A school district must also ensure that English learners have equal access to all of a school’s programs.

To meet these directives, plaintiff Governing Board of Ripon Unified School District (District) adopted a rule requiring all of its teachers to become certified…