If a “lateral-entry” public school teacher ? one who enters the profession from another field, rather than the typical college education training program ? fails to pass a state-mandated test to keep her job, can she collect unemployment when she’s fired?
That’s the complex topic an Appeals Court panel addresses in a ruling issued this morning. In the particular case, the Scotland County school system says no. The Employment Security Commission says yes. The Superior Court said no. Now a split appeals panel is sending the case back to the commission for further hearings, after affirming part of the Superior Court ruling.
