Miller v. Grand Haven Board of Education

Petitioner, Michael Miller, ap peals following the circuit court’s affirmance of the State Tenure Commission’s determination that Miller was disciplined for just cause by respondent Grand Haven Board of Education. Our review focuses on the questions of whether an "adverse effect” of a teacher’s misconduct must be pled and established and, in any event, whether the commission’s findings were supported by competent, material, and substantial evidence on the whole record.

Miller has taught music in the Grand Haven Public Schools since 1966, both in classroom and individual instruction settings.…