Vest v. Bd. of Educ. of Cty. of Nicholas

CLECKLEY, Justice:

This case involves two questions certified to us by the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia involving the authority of the West Virginia Education and State Employees Grievance Board (Grievance Board) to hear a gender-based discrimination claim.

I

FACTS

The plaintiff, Barbara L. Vest, served as a substitute teacher at Summersville Junior High School in Nicholas County. The plaintiff asserts she was terminated from that position on the basis of pregnancy and sex. The plaintiff filed a grievance against the defendant, the Board of Education of…