Teacher discipline in education law follows the general regime of school discipline: Article 19 of the Law on General Education regulates disciplinary prosecution in respect of both the pupil and the teacher. To this are added Article 12 — the right of appeal — and Article 21 — the teacher's obligations, which create the normative basis of disciplinary liability. Disciplinary liability under labour legislation is a separate layer applied as an additional regime; this page is carried by the law on general education.
The general standard of disciplinary prosecution — Article 19
Under paragraph 2 of Article 19, the requirements established by the school's internal rules, the disciplinary prosecution and the sanction must be reasonable, justified and proportionate. Prosecution is possible only in the cases provided for by the internal rules and in the prescribed manner, through a proper and fair procedure. During the prosecution the school is obliged to explain to the teacher the essence of the offence committed — a vague accusation invalidates the process.
Two fundamental limits protect the teacher as well: it is impermissible for a school to prosecute a teacher for an act committed during time free from school or outside the school's territory; and during disciplinary prosecution the teacher has the right of silence — though silence does not release from liability. A cruel sanction or one violating dignity is likewise impermissible.