Schools struggle to bridge the budget gap
Metroactive
By Joy Lanzendorfer
May 1, 2003


...However reasonable the district's actions, the layoffs have caused
a lot of controversy as teachers and employees responded to their
pink slips. Many were upset with how their district made its decisions.
For example,
when choosing which teachers to possibly lay off,
Petaluma looked at whether the teacher had the CLAD
certification, a state requirement that helps teachers with
non-English-speaking students. Because CLAD certification is
a new requirement, many teachers don't have it yet and felt it
was an unfair criterion.

"Some teachers with five years' classroom experience without the
CLAD were given notices, while others with two years' classroom
experience but have the CLAD were not," says Stirrat. "It seems like
the district sent notices to people with the CLAD and then realized
their mistake and sent out more notices, and ended up compounding
one mistake with another."

The district admits that they sent out two batches of notices before
March 15 but says it had nothing to do with the CLAD test...



BEFORE THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE DRY CREEK
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ...

PROPOSED DECISION. Gary A. Geren, Administrative Law Judge,
Office of Administrative ... goal to have all teachers CLAD certified by
the end of 2003. ...
www.goldcountrymedia.com/pdf/drycreek0519.pdf


The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act and California's ...

administrative support, and the exclusion of parents from decisions
..... The CLAD credential is required in California for teachers of
general education. ELL children. .... Findings indicated that the
teachers, without input from their ...
brj.asu.edu/content/vol28_no2/art4.pdf
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