Albany Regional Office Legal File, 1986

Request for assignment of NYSUT attorney in sex abuserelated 3020a case against teacher (also charged criminally) in Johnstown school district, December 4; memos re pay grievance of teacher at Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake district, recommendation for Article 78 proceeding instead, November; memo re teacher at Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk district refusing to pay agency fee for religious reasons; October 31; memos with NYSUT legal counsel re Shenendehowa school district direction to teachers that violation of copyright laws would not be covered under the Save Harmless provisions of Education Law, October; memo re investigation of sexual abuse reports against teacher at Whitehall school district, determined by both local school board and Grand Jury to be unfounded, failure to communicate findings to State Education Department, subsequent letter from SED that it was opening an investigation, August 27; request for legal assistance to appeal case to Commissioner as violation of Commissioner's Regulations re teaching assignment that brought subject-certified East Greenbush teacher to just under full time, replaced .1 with teacher not certified in subject area, September; request for legal assistance for Adirondack Cooperative Teachers' Association (Washington-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES) full-time teacher being laid off for a part-time teacher, in violation of 2510 rights, July; request for legal assistance for teacher suspended and charged in 3020a case in Johnstown school district, June; request for NYSUT attorney consultation to advise on layoff consequences of annexation of Draper school district by Mohonasen district, May; request for legal assistance for the Guilderland Teachers Association, charged, with the school district, with sex discrimination by four school nurses, for whom the NYS Division of Human Rights found probable cause, April; request for legal assistance for teacher charged with 3020a (incompetency) violation in Mohonasen school district, with attached specifics, April; requests for representation in other 3020a cases in Hadley-Luzerne and Schenectady-Albany-Schoharie BOCES; request for legal opinion in East Greenbush case involving 2510 recall rights, January