Matheny v. Frontier Local Board of Education

In their third proposition of law, appellants contend that a non-tenured teacher in Ohio has an “expectancy” of continued employment, and that the Due Process Clause requires that such a teacher be afforded a hearing prior to divestiture of this property interest. We cannot agree.

The issue of property interest claimed to be held in a public teaching position is a matter of state law. Board of Regents v. Roth (1972), 408 U.S. 564, 577; Bishop v. Wood (1976), 426 U.S. 341, 344. We must decide, therefore, whether Ohio law gives non-tenured teachers “a legitimate claim of entitlement to”…