Bellevue School District No. 405 v. Bentley

Defendant G. Lorraine Bentley appeals a summary judgment requiring her to return $15,225.37 in sabbatical pay and benefits to the Bellevue School District. We find that Bentley is contractually required to return amounts received as salary, but need not return the amount paid as benefits. Accordingly, we reduce the judgment to $13,360.

Bentley, a certificated employee of the Bellevue School District, received a paid sabbatical leave for the 1979-80 school year. At the end of the leave Bentley requested, and was denied, further unpaid leave. She then asked for a nonteaching position because she…