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Appellate Practice

Jan. 12, 2001

Teacher Determines Grades, Court Rules

LOS ANGELES - A Las Virgenes middle-school teacher has the right to give his students low marks for poor conduct, an appellate court has ruled.

        LOS ANGELES - A Las Virgenes middle-school teacher has the right to give his students low marks for poor conduct, an appellate court has ruled.
        In a published opinion, the 2nd District Court of Appeal decided Tuesday that, under the education code, conduct marks are grades, and the teacher of the course must determine them. In the absence of clerical error or mistake, thos...

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