Overview

• The higher administrative court in North Rhine-Westphalia ruled the tenured teacher must undergo a state medical fitness-for-duty examination.
• Judges criticized the authorities for failing to act for years while the teacher remained on paid sick leave.
• According to newly surfaced records cited in media reports, the teacher challenged a planned transfer in 2017 with an emergency application and the reassignment was withdrawn.
• The teacher was later placed on the personnel roster of the school supervisory authority, and a new caseworker last year ordered the medical review that led to the court decision.
• The Düsseldorf regional authority says it is thoroughly reviewing the case, and NRW education minister Dorothee Feller has called for comprehensive clarification.