the California Department of Education is no longer threatening to fine a Stanford University K-12 researcher $50,000 and cut off his department-connected research because he is testifying in a lawsuit against the agency.
tanford Graduate School of Education professor Thomas Dee can breathe a lot easier; so, too, can other researchers who could imagine themselves in the same conflict with the California Department of Education.
Lawyers for CDE notified Dee on Wednesday that it won’t carry out a threat to retaliate against him for providing testimony in litigation against the department. Responding to widespread condemnation that the department was violating Dee’s First Amendment rights, the state said it had dropped a controversial clause that banned him from participating in any lawsuit “adverse” to the department, as a condition for access to non-public education data. The ban would have continued as long as the contract was in effect.
A department spokesperson verified Thursday that the department had sent a letter, identical to Dee’s, to all researchers who had similar contracts with it.
“We’re glad wisdom has prevailed, and the state recognized that the provisions (in data pa
Facing withering criticism, the California Department of Education eliminated a clause in research agreements that banned researchers from testifying in lawsuits against it, as a condition to getting access to non-public data
The California Department of Education has threatened to sue two prominent Stanford University education professors to prevent them from testifying in a lawsuit against the department.
The California Department of Education has threatened to sue two prominent Stanford University education professors to prevent them from testifying in a lawsuit against the department.