§ 11516 Amending Accusations After Submission

• •The agency can change the complaint or layoff notice after the case is submitted for a decision.
• •Both sides will be told about the change and can say if it hurts their case.
• •If the change hurts someone's case, the agency will reopen the case so they can add more proof.

A teacher is told they are being laid off because the school has no money. After the teacher responds, the school changes the reason to say the teacher did a bad job.

The teacher can say this new reason is not fair because they didn’t get to show proof they did a good job. The school must then let the teacher show that proof.