Legal Opinion
Birmingham City Board of Education v. Hawkins
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided December 18, 2009No. 2080784PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*639MOORE, Judge.
In this appeal, this court holds that a teacher who fails to renew his or her teaching certificate does not thereby automatically lose the protections of the Teacher Tenure Act, Ala.Code 1975, § 16-24-1 et seq.
The Alabama State Department of Education issued a Class B, early childhood teaching certificate to Carla Hawkins on February 25, 1994. Subsequently, the Birmingham City Board of Education (“the Board”) entered into a teaching employment contract with Hawkins covering the 1994-95 school year, which the Board annually renewed thereafter. On April 1, 2002, Vivian Davis, the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Cleveland Board of Education v. LoudermillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Slochower v. Board of Higher Ed. of New York CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Postal Tel. Cable Co. v. MinderhoutSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
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3Cited by3 opinions
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