Head v. Caddo Hills School District

I agree with the majority that this appeal involves the termination, rather than the non-renewal, of a probationary teacher. But the majority opinion goes on to hold that a probationary teacher has no right to appeal a termination to circuit court under The Teacher Fair Dismissal Act, Act 766 of 1979, and there I disagree.

In Nordin v. Hartman Public Schools, 274 Ark. 402, 605 S.W.2d 483 (1981) we said that any teacher who is terminated is entitled to appeal to circuit court:

[The Teacher Fair Dismissal Act] provides that any teacher, probationary or otherwise, is entitled to a hearing before…