Penman v. Board of Trustees of Illinois Eastern Community Colleges

Plaintiff, Larry Penman, brought this action in mandamus to compel defendant, Board of Trustees of Illinois Eastern Community College District No. 529, to assign him to his former position as librarian for Olney Central College. The Circuit Court of Jasper County entered judgment for the Board of Trustees, finding that plaintiff was not a tenured employee.

This case involves the tenure provisions of the Public Community College Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 122, par. 101 — 1 et seq. (hereinafter the Act)) and a series of contracts between plaintiff and defendant.

Plaintiff executed his first…