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California lawmakers unanimously passed AB 1381, adding real penalties to teacher background check rules after reporting found at least 14 educators hired by new schools despite prior misconduct findings. The…
California already required districts to share teacher misconduct findings with prospective employers. At least 14 accused educators still got hired at new schools because the rule had no consequences attached.
The bill's headline framing is about punishing bad administrators, but the original proposal — a searchable database — was cut after union and licensing agency opposition, leaving the underlying timing gap intact.
AB 1381 adds enforcement to rules that already existed, which matters, but it leaves the structural problem — a one-year state disciplinary window during which accused teachers can quietly move districts — untouched.
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