Barton v. Independent School District No. I-99

The only issue presented on certiorari is whether the trial court erred when it granted summary judgment. It held that a career or tenured teacher 1 may be released pursuant to a reduction-in-force plan (RIF plan) even if the career teacher is qualified to fill positions held by nontenured employees. We find that if a teaching position which is occupied by a career teacher is eliminated pursuant to a RIF plan, and the tenured teacher is qualified for another teaching position occupied by a nontenured teacher, Babb v. Independent School Dist. No. I-5 of Rogers Co., Okla., 829 P.2d 973…