WATSON CHAPEL SCHOOL DIST. v. RUSSELL

No. 06-60.

241 S.W.3d 242 (2006)

WATSON CHAPEL SCHOOL DISTRICT & Charles D. Knight, Superintendent, Appellant, v. Bernice Martin RUSSELL, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

October 12, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bridges, Young, Matthews & Drake, PLC, by: Michael J. Dennis, Pine Bluff, for appellant.

Mitchell, Blackstock, Barnes, Wagoner, Ivers & Sneddon, PLLC, by: Mark T. Burnette, Little Rock, for appellant.


ANNABELLE CLINTON IMBER, Justice.

This case concerns the notice requirements of the Teacher Fair Dismissal Act (TFDA), as amended in 1999 and 2001. See Ark.Code Ann. § 6-17-1501 et seq. (Repl.1999 & Supp.2005). Pursuant to the 2001 amendments, when a school district sends a teacher notice that it will not renew the teacher's contract, the written notice must include "a statement of the reasons for the recommendation, setting forth the reasons in separately...

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