The school board rather than the Commissioner of Education in the party that may initiate disciplinary action against a school officer
Decisions of the Commissioner of Education, Decision No. 16,350
An individual challenged the actions of the school board and various officers of the school district by filing an appeal with the Commissioner of Education in which he include a request that the Commissioner remove certain school officials from their respective positions.
The Commissioner dismissed the appeal and denied the removal application.
Addressing the denial of the individual’s “removal application” with respect to the superintendent and the assistant superintendent, the Commissioner explained that the individual must seek disciplinary action from the [superintendent’s and the assistant superintendent’s] employer, the board of education, in the first instance.
Disciplinary action against a superintendent or assistant superintendent, said the Commissioner, is within “the discretion of the employing board of education.”
Accordingly, the individual should have brought his complaint to the board of education, whose decision may then be reviewed in an appeal to the Commissioner of Education.
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