BELCHER v. JEFFERSON COUNTY BD. OF EDUC.

83-1423, 84-577.

474 So.2d 1063 (1985)

Leann BELCHER v. JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION: Betsy Faucette, Harriett Gwin, Kevin Walsh, Mary Buckelew, Bill Mewbourne, individually and as members of the Jefferson County Board of Education; and Kenneth Abbott, individually and as principal of Hewitt-Trussville High School and Henry Allen GRAHAM v. JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION; Betsy Faucette; Harriett Gwin; Kevin Walsh; Mary Buckelew; Bill Mewbourne, individually and as members of the Jefferson County Board of Education; and their successors in office; and Haywood Atkinson, individually and as principal of Hueytown High School.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

July 19, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Still of Reeves & Still, Birmingham, and Jack Drake of Drake, Knowles & Pierce, Tuscaloosa, for appellants.

Carl E. Johnson, Jr. of Bishop, Colvin & Johnson, Birmingham, for appellees.


ADAMS, Justice.

These cases were consolidated on appeal because their resolution is dependent on the answer to the same question: Does a non-tenured teacher have a cause of action against an employer board of education for failing to follow its own teacher evaluation policy in deciding not to reemploy that teacher for another year? We find that such an action may be maintained, and we, therefore, reverse the judgment of the lower court.

Appellant Allen Graham...

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