Lewis v. BRIDGMAN PUB. SCHOOLS (ON REM.)

This matter is on remand by order of the Michigan Supreme Court based on that court’s determination that “the teacher tenure act, MCL 38.101 et seq., does not require the State Tenure Commission to apply a ‘clear error,’ rather than a ‘de novo,’ standard of review to its consideration of the preliminary decisions of administrative law judges.” Lewis v Bridgman Pub Schools, 480 Mich 1000 (2007). The Court remanded the case “for consideration of whether the commission’s decision was arbitrary, capricious, or an abuse of discretion; or unsupported by competent, material, and substantial evidence…