LAUSD looks at firing plan

A bold plan to overhaul state laws that prevent the firing of bad teachers was narrowly rejected by the Los Angeles Unified School District board Tuesday, instead replaced by a task force to further study the issue. George B. Sanchez in the Daily News.

The original proposal from board member Marlene Canter called for an update of state law to allow teachers with two consecutive bad performance reviews to be fired, among other changes.

Currently, districts have to go through a lengthy process to remove teachers, involving a panel made up of an administrative judge and two educators. Over the past five years, 31 teachers have been fired in California.