Legal Opinion
Briggs v. BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ETC.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided August 29, 1979No. 62757PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.
This appeal involves the termination of a school administrator’s contract and our first consideration of revised section 279.24, The Code 1977.
Administrator Thomas J. Briggs was elementary principal for Hinton Community School District for fourteen years prior to his termination at the close of school year 1977-78. As he had more than two years’ tenure, he was a non-probationary administrator entitled to section 279.24 protections.
March 29, 1978, the Hinton board of directors voted to consider termination of Briggs’ continuing contract. Thereafter all procedures…
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