State ex rel. Hlynsky v. Osnaburg Local School District Board of Education

The issue presented for consideration is whether the notification and automatic reemployment provisions contained under R.C. 3319.11 are applicable when a teacher’s contract has been suspended in accordance with R.C. 3319.17.

R.C. 3319.17 provides:

“When by reason of decreased enrollment of pupils, return to duty of regular teachers after leaves of absence, or by reason of suspension of schools or territorial changes affecting the district, a board of education decides that it will be necessary to reduce the number of teachers, it may make a reasonable reduction. In making such reduction, the…