State v. Redman

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

Colleen Redman brought a declaratory judgment action in which she also sought compensatory damages from the State of Alaska. Redman prevailed below where a partial summary judgment was entered in which the trial court held that Redman was a tenured teacher who had been improperly dismissed. We affirm.

Alaska’s Education Code provides that a teacher acquires tenure rights when he:(a) (1) possesses a standard teaching certificate;(2) has been employed as a teacher in the same district continuously for two full school years and is re-employed for the school year…