By BRENDAN SCOTT
May 22, 2008
ALBANY - Schools would no longer have to spend millions of dollars booting perv teachers from the payroll under a bipartisan bill announced yesterday.
The legislation - drafted by Sen. Stephen Saland (R-Dutchess) - would end costly termination hearings for teachers already found guilty of sex crimes or school administrators proven to have bilked districts' funds.
The hearings were originally intended to protect teachers from unfairly losing their certifications.
But critics say the hearings have led to absurd situations where schools are forced to hold hearings in prisons to strike a teacher from the payroll.
Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D-Westchester) said she plans to introduce the bill today.
