Citing weak privacy protections, California teachers unions and the state teacher licensing agency opposed a bill aiming to make educator misconduct more visible to public schools that might hire them. Citing weak privacy protections, California teachers unions and the state teacher licensing agency opposed a bill aiming to make educator misconduct more visible to public schools that might hire them. But that proposal was dropped after pushback from the state’s teachers licensing agency and unions. The California Federation of Teachers pushed back, warning that teachers could land in the database even if schools had not determined they committed serious misconduct. Under that system, employees’ names would be removed from the database if school investigations fail to substantiate claims of egregious misconduct.