How a Bill in Calif. to Fire Teachers Accused of Sexual Wrongdoing Died

State Sen. Alex Padilla of Los Angeles had every reason to hope that the 11 members of the obscure but powerful state Assembly Education Committee in Sacramento would back his new legislation, Senate Bill 1530, designed to let public schools more easily fire teachers who commit sexual, physically abusive or drug-related acts with their students. Patrick Range McDonald and Jill Stewart, LA Weekly, Thursday, July 19