Budget plan includes fine for R.I. teachers

The Straight Story

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Sat Jan-17-09 01:56 PM
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Budget plan includes fine for R.I. teachers

Budget plan includes fine for R.I. teachers

A budget plan that Governor Don Carcieri submitted this month to close a massive deficit includes a provision making it illegal for teachers to protest during contract negotiations by performing strictly to the terms of their contracts, for example, by refusing to host after-school clubs or chaperone school dances.

It raises a legal question: Can people be fined for strictly doing their jobs? Carcieri's administration believes the answer is yes.

"Not all of your obligations are covered in a contract," said Peter McWalters, commissioner of the Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. "Some of them are covered in professional standards and some of them are covered by the nature of you signing on to being a certified teacher."

http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2009/01/17/budget_plan_includes_fine_for_ri_teachers/

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Iggo

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Sat Jan-17-09 02:01 PM
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1. Some people need a sock in the nose.

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crimsonblue

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Sat Jan-17-09 02:04 PM
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2. this dumbass is going to lose the inevitable lawsuits

Contract law has decades of precedent, and a person can only be legally liable for the contents of the contract.

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Sat Jan-17-09 02:07 PM
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3. And I'm not even surprised he's a rethug.

Sad.

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ProgressiveProfessor

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Sat Jan-17-09 02:18 PM
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4. Where in any of the above citations if the obligation to chaperone and event

or sponsor a club?

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The Straight Story

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Sat Jan-17-09 02:22 PM
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5. I dunno, I think they just make up crap now

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ProgressiveProfessor

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Sat Jan-17-09 02:27 PM
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6. The article says that RI is going to make it part of the code of professional conduct

which means it is not enforceable today.

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The Straight Story

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Sat Jan-17-09 02:28 PM
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7. They should make telling the truth by politicians part of professional conduct code

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TomClash

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Sat Jan-17-09 03:04 PM
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8. Think of the possibilities

So flexible! Teachers mopping classrooms, Custodians teaching calculus and so on. That's efficiency for you.

This could spread to other jobs - your accountant could do your heart transplant!

They've got some pretty smart people in RI. :sarcasm:

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