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Family Law Keyed to Weisberg
Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleur
Facts
A Cleveland Board of Education rule required pregnant school teachers to take maternity leave without pay five months before the expected birth. The teacher is not promised re-employment after birth, but is given priority in reassignment to a qualified position. Failure to comply with the rule is ground for dismissal. Jo Carol LaFleur and Ann Elizabeth Nelson were forced against their wishes to take the mandatory maternity leave. A Chesterfield County, Virginia School Board maternity leave regulation required pregnant teachers to leave work four months prior to expected birth. Notice in writing was required at least six months prior to birth. A teacher on maternity leave was re-eligible for employment once she submitted written notice from a physician that she was physically fit and could give assurance that the care of her child would cause only minimal interference with her job. The teacher is guaranteed re-employment no later than the first day of the school year following the date she is declared re-eligible. Susan Cohen requested that she be permitted to continue teaching beyond the six month limitation, but was denied.
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