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ERIC Number: EJ318287
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Can a Teacher Be Fired for a Marijuana Offense? Maryland Can't Decide.
Flygare, Thomas J.
Phi Delta Kappan, v66 n10 p729 Jun 1985
According to the Maryland Court of Special Appeals, a teacher sentenced to probation as a first offender for residing in an apartment where marijuana was grown and used was improperly dismissed from her teaching position despite a state law protecting first offenders, but remained subject to dismissal for misconduct. (PGD)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Illegal Drug Use, Marihuana, State Legislation, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Dismissal
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials; Opinion Papers
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Maryland