In a case handled by Thrun Law Firm, the State Tenure Commission recently upheld a tenured teacher’s discharge for misconduct and insubordination arising from the violation of Michigan’s seclusion and restraint laws. Nichols v Bay City Pub Schs, STC 19-7 (2019).
Kendra Nichols, an elementary special education teacher, worked in a classroom for students with emotional impairments. Nichols’s discharge resulted from two separate incidents involving two different students....