Hagely v. Board of Education of Webster Groves School District

PRICE, Judge.

J. Scott Hagely and Mary Helen Brindell appeal the dismissal of their salary grievance petition against the Board of Education of the Webster Groves School District. The primary issue is whether appellants’ grievance hearing was barred by the fifteen-day limitation period in § 168.120.1 of the Teacher Tenure Act, or by the thirty-day limitation period in § 536.110.1 of the Missouri Administrative Procedure Act. 1 We hold that neither limitation period applies. We reverse the dismissal and remand to the trial court.

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When reviewing the dismissal of a petition we allow the pleading…