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Dear Mr. Delahaye:

You have requested an opinion from this office on behalf of the Iberville Parish School Board concerning the following issue:

Whether the Iberville Parish School Board is legally obligated to reinstate a non-tenured, non-classified employee who was terminated after being arrested for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute but subsequently exonerated from any criminal liability when the criminal charges were dropped?

The facts are as follows in pertinent part:

On December 9, 1993, two janitors assigned to Plaquemine High School and employed by the Iberville Parish…