Tanner v. Golden

Deen, Presiding Judge.

In August 1987, Rena Golden and Martha Nelson were both terminated from their positions as school teachers by the Muscogee County School District for their inability to pass the Teacher Certification Test (TCT) required under the Quality Basic Education Act. Golden had been employed for 7 years as a speech therapist, and took *895and failed the TCT 5 times between May 1986 and August 1987. Nelson had been employed for over 10 years as a special education teacher, and took and failed the TCT 3 times during the same period; she finally passed the test in December 1987 and was…