Commonwealth Education & Humanities Cabinet Department of Education v. Gobert

OPINION

GUIDUGLI, Judge.

The Commonwealth of Kentucky Education & Humanities Cabinet Department of Education, Thomas C. Boysen (now Wilmer S. Cody) Appointing Authority (DOE) appeals from a judgment entered by the Franklin Circuit Court on January 28, 1997, which vacated several hiring decisions made by the DOE and ordered that the positions be classified and described as previously advertised. We affirm.

In January 1995, a branch manager position classified as Exceptional Children Program Manager II became open in the DOE’s *924Division of Exceptional Children Services (DECS). On January 20, 1995,…