ments . ▁Of ▁the ▁ 1 2 1 ▁teachers ▁removed ▁this ▁way , ▁administr ators ▁knew ▁for ▁certain ▁that ▁ 1 6 ▁percent ▁res umed ▁teaching ▁in ▁other ▁districts ... ▁Mov ing ▁mol est ing ▁teachers ▁from ▁school ▁district ▁to ▁school ▁district ▁is ▁a ▁common ▁phenomen on . ▁And ▁in ▁only ▁ 1 ▁percent ▁of ▁the ▁cases ▁do ▁super int end ents ▁notify ▁the ▁new ▁school ▁district . ▁The ▁term ▁’ pass ing ▁the ▁tr ash ’ ▁is ▁the ▁preferred ▁j arg on ▁among ▁educ ators ." ▁▁ ▁A ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁Washington ▁Post ▁report ▁noted , ▁" It ' s ▁a ▁dynamic ▁so ▁common ▁it ▁has ▁its ▁own ▁nick names : ▁' pass ing ▁the ▁tr ash ' ▁or ▁the ▁' mobile ▁mol ester .' " ▁In ▁addition , ▁" M aine ... has ▁a ▁law ▁that ▁keeps ▁off ending ▁teachers ' ▁cases ▁secret " ▁and ▁that ▁" in ▁Hawai i , ▁no ▁educ ators ▁were ▁discipl ined ▁by ▁the ▁state ▁in ▁the ▁five ▁years ▁the ▁AP ▁exam ined , ▁even ▁though ▁some ▁teachers ▁there ▁were ▁serving ▁sentences ▁for ▁various ▁sex ▁cr imes ▁during ▁that ▁time . ▁They ▁techn ically ▁remained ▁teachers , ▁even ▁behind ▁bars ." ▁The ▁report ▁also ▁said , ▁" L aws ▁in ▁several ▁states ▁require ▁that ▁even ▁an ▁alleg ation ▁of ▁sexual ▁mis con duct ▁be ▁reported ▁to ▁the ▁state ▁depart ments ▁that ▁over see ▁teacher ▁lic enses . ▁But ▁there ' s ▁no ▁consistent ▁enfor cement , ▁so ▁such ▁laws ▁are ▁easy ▁to ▁ignore .