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After Scandal, Bill Aims to Facilitate Teacher Firings

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State lawmakers are considering a bill that would make it easier to fire public school teachers in serious cases, like those involving drugs, violence or sex abuse. The bill comes in the wake of a scandal at Miramonte Elementary School in Los Angeles, where a veteran teacher was allowed to resign rather than be fired -- even after he was charged with 23 counts of lewd acts against children.

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