The state’s budget crunch has forced lawyers at the Association of Texas Professional Educators to dole out bad news to some teachers who lost their jobs because of school district financial cuts.
ATPE provides legal services for employment matters for teachers and other school employees. When the state’s dwindling budget led school districts to implement reductions in force and cancel employment contracts with 10,000 teachers, the crisis affected many ATPE members, explains Donna Derryberry of Austin, the association’s director of legal services.
