Bill on School Firings Passes

Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee had asked for the power to fire nonunion employees without cause. (Lois Raimondo - The Washington Post)

Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee won the authority to terminate nonunion employees without cause. Additional emergency legislation allows her to take action immediately.

The legislation, which Rhee said will help create a "culture of accountability" in the school system, would reclassify about 490 of the more than 700 people in the central office. Rhee said she needs the authority to get rid of incompetent people much faster.

"Are you going to see a mass exodus of 488 people? No," Rhee said in an interview yesterday. "Will you quickly see people ineffective at their jobs move out? Yes." The Washington Post


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