Burkhart v. Board of Education

COOPER, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court upholding, in part, the appellants’ transfer and salary reduction while employed with the appellee-Board of Education. On appeal, the principle issue is whether the trial court erred, as a matter of law, in ruling that the appellants’ transfer during the summer of 1981 was valid under the provisions of KRS 161.760. Reviewing the record below, we reverse and remand.

The facts relative to this action are as follows: The appellants, James B. Burkhart and Betty L. Burkhart, his wife, are employed by the appellee, Board of…