Bentley v. SCHOOL DIST. 025 CUSTER COUNTY

NATURE OF CASE

Appellee, Maris Bentley, brought an action for declaratory judgment in the district court for Custer County, Nebraska, requesting that the trial court find that appellant, Custer County School District No. 025, also known as Broken Bow Public Schools, did not properly notify appellee of the proposed non-renewal of her probationary teaching contract and that her contract was therefore renewed. The trial court held that appellant did not properly notify appellee prior to April 15, 1996, as required by Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-12,114 (Reissue 1994), and that the failure to properly…