Misconduct scandal prompts L.A. schools to send 604 teacher discipline cases to state
CNN ^ | 6/01/12 | Michael Martinez
Posted on June 3, 2012 8:24:49 PM EDT by Libloather
Misconduct scandal prompts L.A. schools to send 604 teacher discipline cases to state
By Michael Martinez, CNN
updated 6:19 AM EDT, Fri June 1, 2012
Los Angeles (CNN) -- In the wake of a teacher misconduct scandal, Los Angeles school officials have referred the discipline cases of 604 teachers from the past four years to state authorities to decide whether the teachers' licenses should also be revoked, a school spokesman said Thursday.
Of the 604 cases in which teachers were fired or facing discipline, 60 teachers were accused of sexual misconduct with pupils on or off campus or with minors who weren't students, school officials told CNN.
The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing will investigate 366 of the 604 teacher cases, spokeswoman Anne Padilla said on Thursday. Most of the cases focused on allegations of teacher misconduct that involved student safety.
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The system doesn't know whether any of the teachers who were fired or who left the district are still in the classroom in other school districts, according to Berman and Ekchian.
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