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TX government school: Teachers with criminal records at your school is nobody’s business

From Austin, TX:

AISD is fighting a ruling that makes them give out statistical information on how many teachers have a criminal history.

The Attorney General has told the district they have to comply with open records requests to give the information to the media. The district is arguing that releasing information of how many people on each campus came back with a criminal record violates employees’ privacy rights and is not in the public interest.

News Radio 590 KLBJ’s Carol Nelson reports several media outlets, including News Radio 590-KLBJ, have requested the information from AISD.

Got that?  If there’s a teacher at your local school who has a criminal record, the government school bureaucracy in Austin doesn’t think it’s “in the public interest” to know.  I don’t know that there is really anything for me to add to that, is there?

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June 11, 2008 - Posted by | public education

2 Comments »

  1. Meanwhile down here in Palm Beach County, FL we are firing teachers for blogging and having MySpace and Face book pages! Whatever happened to freedom of speech, or are teachers not entitled that Constitutional Right while NOT in the classroom or on duty!

    http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-flpfacebook0601sbjun01,0,5028149.story

    As far as this article, I question at which point does “in the public interest” end?

    It is required in Florida, for all school district employees to submit to an FBI background search every year! Also if teachers don’t disclose any arrest (felony, misdemeanor, or even traffic ticket) to the school district, teachers can be fired by contract. The district determines if the infraction is serious enough for dismissal. How is it in the public interest that everyone knows that a teacher was caught speeding down the road last night, or if a teacher was arrested on the beach with a beer! How is that anyone’s business except the employer, employee and the law? At what point is a teacher’s life their own?

    Before you answer, think upon your own life, everything you may have done as a young adult, or in college, things you may regret, things you may have paid back society for through jail time, community service or fines, being published for all to know and pass judgment on you all over again. Is that fair? What if your job was put on the line because of those incidents a long time ago. Where does the public’s interest end?

    Comment by Steve | June 11, 2008

  2. “Is that fair? What if your job was put on the line because of those incidents a long time ago.”

    If my job involved being charged with the education and supervision of children at the public expense, you bet your bottom dollar it’s fair.

    “Where does the public’s interest end?“

    The private sector.

    Comment by TheBad | June 11, 2008


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