District Court of Appeal of Florida

Teachers in Florida can no longer be terminated for deficient professional performance in the classroom without a school board first giving primary consideration to student achievement as measured by the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Tests (FCAT) or other local assessments where the FCAT is not available.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/29/2006
• Published 11/29/2006

Judges

• KRATHEN, DAVID H., Associate Judge.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas L. Johnson and Pamela Cazares of Chamblee, Johnson & Haynes, P.A., Brandon, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Randall D. Burks, School Board of Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach, for appellee.