Boone v. Birmingham Board of Education

PARKER, Justice.

The petitioner, the Birmingham Board of Education (“the BOE”), asks us to review the decision of the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals holding that appointments to nonteaching supplemental positions made by the BOE are subject to the notification requirements of the Teacher Tenure Act, § 16-24-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975 (“the TTA”), for nonrenewal when the appointee is a “teacher” as that term is defined in the TTA. The BOE argues that the Court of Civil Appeals has improperly extended the reach of the TTA and that that court’s opinion conflicts with existing precedent. We agree,…