Chicago Board of Education v. Payne

The Chicago Board of Education (Board) sought the dismissal for cause of tenured elementary school teacher Artee Payne, Jr. (Payne), pursuant to section 34 — 85 of the School Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 122, par. 34 — 85). After an administrative hearing, an impartial hearing officer ruled that the Board’s dismissal of Payne was improper. On judicial review instituted by the Board, the circuit court of Cook County reversed the hearing officer’s decision. The central question raised on Payne’s appeal from the circuit court’s ruling is whether the court erred in finding that the hearing…