Second Vergara-Inspired Lawsuit Filed in New York [Teacher Beat blog, 7/28/14]: A second lawsuit challenging New York laws governing teacher tenure, layoffs, and dismissals was filed this morning on behalf of seven schoolchildren in the state. The suit, modeled on the successful Vergara v. California lawsuit in California, argues that those protections are depriving pupils of their constitutional right in New York to a "sound basic education" because they combine to make it nearly impossible to fire an ineffective or incompetent teacher.

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2014/07/in_ny_second_vergara-inspired_.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

http://www.courthousenews.com/2014/07/29/69920.htm

The case is Wright v. The State of New York. See the summons and complaint:

https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=Vb5VRp6A2p/vGQ3HNi03xA