Gov. Brown signs bill to speed firing teachers for misconduct The bill was introduced in reaction to a 2012 sex abuse case at Miramonte Elementary School in Los Angeles. Teacher Mark Berndt was arrested in 2012 and charged with 23 counts of lewd conduct, but the Los Angeles Unified School District said problems in ... Continue reading... http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-gov-brown-signs-bill-to-speed-firing-teachers-for-egregious-conduct-20140625-story.html