Butler v. Board of Education

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Herd, J.:

This is a teacher nonrenewal case. Kenneth Butler appeals from the trial court’s order upholding the decision of the Board of Education (Board) of Unified School District No. 440 in Harvey County to nonrenew his employment contact.

Before discussing the case on the merits, let us examine the issue of whether the trial court had jurisdiction of this case. To do this we must review the procedural facts in detail. Pursuant to K.S.A. 72-5443(c), the Board mailed Butler notice of its final decision to nonrenew on May 20, 1987; he received the notice…