Colleagues,
The RTA is filing an Improper Practice charge with the NYS Public Employment Board against the District to challenge the legitimacy of the email notification from Christopher Miller, Chief of RCSD’s Human Capital, sent earlier today to all our members. The District’s unilateral action, requiring on the form that your physician “State the nature and extent of illness” represents a violation of HIPPA law’s privacy provisions. And the very fact that the District is requiring a Certificate of Personal Illness (CPI) on Superintendent’s Conference Days is telling. It is yet another example of distrust of teachers and denial about the lack of relevancy and lack of quality of the District-mandated PDs.
We will keep you informed about any developments related to this issue.
Adam Urbanski, RTA President