ADVERSE EMPLOYMENT ACTIONS AND PUBLIC SCHOOL ...

County School District (2004 Ga. App.), and Tazewell County School Board v. Brown (2004
Va.), administrators failed to follow proper protocol in requesting hearings, which nullified their
due process claims.
Adverse employment actions by state. Tables 13-16 represent the states where adverse
employment actions against school administrators have been litigated. Out of 50 states, 36 have
been asked to resolve at least one of these matters. Of the states identified, 20 had litigated
between one to three cases. Those states were (number of adverse action cases litigated from
1981-2010): Colorado (1), Delaware (1), Idaho (1), New Hampshire (1), South Dakota (1),
Virginia (1), Vermont (1), Wyoming (1), Arkansas (2), Connecticut (2), Iowa (2), Montana (2),
Tennessee (2), Texas (2), Washington (2), Indiana (3), Michigan (3), New Mexico (3), and South
Carolina (3). Of the 36 states represented in the sampling, 13 had litigated between 4 to 6 cases.
Those states were (number of adverse action cases litigated from 1981-2010): Alabama (4),
Kansas (4), Louisiana (4), Massachusetts (4), Ohio (4), Wisconsin (4), West Virginia (4),
California (5), Florida (5), Illinois (5), Missouri (5), Georgia (6), and Mississippi (6). Three
states had litigated almost 25% of the adverse employment action cases reviewed in this research
study. Those states were (number of adverse action cases litigated from 1981-2010): Minnesota
(7), Pennsylvania (11), and New York (12).
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