Hartford Presses State For Action On Teacher Seniority Rule Change
A handful of states have restricted the use of seniority
By limiting teacher seniority rights in Hartford, state education officials could bolster Connecticut's chances of winning millions of dollars in federal school reform funds, according to Hartford's superintendent of schools.
Steven J. Adamowski makes that argument in his latest effort to persuade the State Board of Education and Education Commissioner Mark McQuillan to issue an order overriding seniority provisions in the contracts of Hartford's unionized teachers and administrators.
So far, the state has been reluctant to step into a dispute between the Hartford school system and its teachers over seniority -- an issue that is flaring up from Rhode Island to California as financial strains force schools to confront the growing prospect of layoffs.
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We've been frustrated to some degree with the response of the commissioner and state board so far
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